The public would comply with major changes to medical advice—but would then be less likely to follow other new guidelines in the future, research shows. High levels of deference towards doctors means most people would obey reformed advice about taking antibiotics. However, the study suggests reforms to public health policy should be made sparingly as this risks undermining future compliance. […]
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Treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients with anticoagulants—blood thinners that slow down clotting—may improve their chances of survival, researchers from the Mount Sinai COVID Informatics Center report. The study, published in the May 6 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, could provide new insight on how to treat and manage coronavirus patients once they are admitted to the […]
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We believe we are less likely than others are to fall for phishing scams, thereby underestimating our own exposure to risk, a new cybersecurity study has found. The research also reports that this occurs, in part, because we overlook data, or “base rate information,” that could help us recognize risk when assessing our own behavior yet use it to predict […]
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Since the UK government introduced late afternoon press conferences in March, these have tended to dominate the news cycle. But our research with news audiences suggests that many people want the wider human impact of the disease brought into sharper focus. They also want a greater emphasis on what experts are saying, including those advising the government—beyond their appearances at […]
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From the marbled halls of Italy to the wheat fields of Kansas, health authorities are increasingly warning that the question isn’t whether a second wave of coronavirus infections and deaths will hit, but when—and how badly. In India, which partly relaxed its lockdown this week, health authorities scrambled Wednesday to contain an outbreak at a huge market. Hard-hit New York […]
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Spending time in the garden is linked to similar benefits for health and wellbeing as living in wealthy areas, according to a new large-scale study. Research conducted by the University of Exeter and the Royal Horticultural Society charity, published in Elsevier’s Landscape and Urban Planning, analysed data from nearly 8,000 people collected by Natural England between 2009 and 2016. The […]
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Pacific Islander young adults in the United States have an extremely high level of hazardous drinking and potential alcohol-use disorders, a study led by a health disparities researcher at the University of California, Riverside, has found. The study, published in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, found 56% of Pacific Islander young adults screened positive for hazardous drinking, a level that […]
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A new study reported that an air conditioning system at a restaurant in China may have contributed to the spread of the new coronavirus among diners. Experts, however, say it’s unlikely proper air conditioning units used in stores, restaurants, and other businesses can transmit the virus. The air conditioning industry has set up a pandemic task force to look into […]
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The White House’s coronavirus task force could start to disband in the next month, Vice President Mike Pence told reporters on Tuesday, pointing to what he called “the tremendous progress we’ve made as a country.” Over the past two months, the task force, led by Pence and consisting of senior White House officials and public health officials such as Dr. […]
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A study finds that those who learn about the new coronavirus from conservative outlets, social media, and online news aggregators are more likely to be misinformed. Though the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is still relatively new, people already know much about it, including its means of transmission, and how we can slow that transmission down. Conveying this information to […]
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