Children’s screen use surged significantly during and after pandemic
First systematic review to track long-term trends across pre- and post-pandemic periods finds dramatic rise in screen use…
Global maternal deaths decline but progress slows worldwide
Global maternal deaths have declined over the past three decades, yet progress has slowed in recent years and remains uneven…
Study highlights neurological and psychiatric impacts of long COVID
Nearly three years after the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic was declared over, conservative estimates suggest that between 80 million and…
DNA origami vaccine platform shows promise against multiple infectious viruses
The COVID-19 pandemic brought messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines to the forefront of global health care. After their clinical…
Study Reveals Most Pandemic Viruses Jump to Humans Without Prior Adaptation
In contrast, the reemergence of H1N1 influenza A virus in 1977 was preceded by a shift in selection…
Global study reveals how inequality limits access to exercise and why it matters for health
A global analysis shows that who gets the chance to exercise is shaped by wealth and gender, while…
Study reveals why US life expectancy gains stalled after decades of progress
A sweeping cohort-based analysis of four decades of mortality data reveals how cardiovascular deaths, external causes, and generational…
Paramount may have landed Warner Bros., now comes the baggage
It took months of effort, lobbying and mounds of cash for Paramount Skydance to finally clinch its prize…
Most pandemic viruses show little adaptation before infecting humans
A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal…
Newer nurses face the highest risk of developing moral injury symptoms
Moral injury remains prevalent among critical care nurses, with newer nurses at the highest risk of developing symptoms,…
Substance use among healthcare workers linked to poorer patient care
Their job is to protect, promote, and restore human health and lives, but healthcare workers believe that their…
Study identifies antiviral protein IFN-γ as a potential biomarker for Long COVID fatigue
SARS-CoV-2 triggers the production of the antiviral protein IFN-γ, which is associated with fatigue, muscle ache and depression.…