Vaccination programs combined with physical distancing could contain COVID-19 resurgence
A combination of robust vaccination programs and strict physical distancing rules could avoid recurring peaks of COVID-19 without the need to rely on stay-at-home restrictions, according to a new study by epidemiologists and demographers from WorldPop at the University of Southampton, in collaboration with The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
This research used anonymized mobile phone geolocation data with epidemiological and coronavirus case data from China to model the potential impact of vaccination and physical distancing on virus transmission. They predicted the effect of different combinations of interventions on low, medium and high density cities in the country.
Covid-19 vaccine programme, social distancing could counter future peaks
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Extra hour of sleep can aid conception
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An extra hour s sleep could boost women s fertility, study finds
A study of sleep patterns of women struggling to conceive found they slept on average an hour less than their fertile counterparts
20 February 2021 • 7:00pm
Women who are struggling to start a family may boost their chances of pregnancy by sleeping an extra hour a night, according to a new study.
Researchers at the University of Southampton compared the sleep patterns of 88 women, some with fertility problems and others without over the course of a month.
They found those with recurrent fertility problems slept on average for an hour less than their healthy fertile counterparts.