The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many things about how health care is delivered. Indeed, it has produced many innovations that show significant promise.
How Taiwan beat COVID-19: New study reveals clues to its success
Taiwan has been widely applauded for its management of the pandemic, with one of the lowest per capita COVID-19 rates in the world and life on the island largely returning to normal.
She Works in a Homeless Shelter, and She Lives in One, Too
Many employees of New York’s homeless shelters are themselves in precarious economic situations, taking on multiple jobs, working overtime and struggling to find their own homes.
Highly dense urban areas are not more vulnerable to COVID-19, researchers say
A person who owns a car or who has a college education may be less vulnerable to COVID-19, according to an analysis of cases in Tehran, Iran, one of the early epicenters of the pandemic. While such variables do not inherently lower a person’s risk, they do indicate an infrastructure of protection that persists despite …
Stronger enforcement of mental health parity law needed to address impact of coronavirus
The pandemic’s effect on Americans’ mental health is illustrating the need for stronger enforcement of the federal health parity law, which mandates that employers that offer mental health coverage provide it on the same footing as coverage offered for physical health conditions, according to the American Psychological Association.
How to actually fix a lost voice, according to science: Lemon and honey won’t work
Losing our voice, having a hoarse voice, or having any difficulties with our voice can be challenging, especially for those who need to use it for work.
A High School Reunion for Two
After almost four decades, John Capshaw reconnected with his childhood crush, Courtneye Barrett, on the dating app Bumble.
Understanding epigenetic regulators in neurodevelopmental diseases and cancer
Northwestern Medicine investigators are advancing the understanding of two groups of transcription factors and their role in many neurodevelopmental diseases and cancers.
Florida COVID-19 infection rate for young people among highest in 2020
Florida ranked among the states with the highest COVID-19 infection rates for younger residents in 2020, putting the state’s large elderly population at an increased risk for the coronavirus, according to a study from a researcher at Florida Atlantic University.
Rural-urban divide compounds racial disparities in COVID-19 deaths, study finds
While Black, Hispanic, Latino, Indigenous, Asian and Pacific Islander people are more likely to die of COVID-19 than white people nationwide, a recent study from Oregon State University found the risk was even greater for racial and ethnic minority groups living in rural areas compared with urban areas.