About one-third of Americans who reach age 65 will need nursing home care in their lifetimes — which can be a daunting thought if you recall the suffering of residents as the Covid-19 pandemic exposed ...

Lessons from the pandemic show resilience requires targeted learning support, mental health investment, strong data systems ...

Optimizing telehealth during public health emergencies to minimize in-person appointments puts less burden on patients and may lead to better outcomes, according to Chun Chao, PhD, MS, of Kaiser ...

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BOSTON - Many children missed out on swimming lessons during the pandemic, a new study has found. It's estimated that nearly a thousand kids and teens die from drowning each year. Researchers at Lurie ...

Staff members share what they learned from watching students navigate unprecedented challenges of the pandemic era In August of 2020, when Carmel Falek and the rest of the class of 2024 arrived at ...

The recent four-year anniversary of the World Health Organization’s Covid-19 pandemic declaration stirred up some dormant anxiety. The lockdowns, mask mandates, and work-from-home orders feel ...

It has been six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but one question remains relevant: Who should be first in ...

When we think about a year, we often think about big, personal moments or about big things that happened in the world. Well, 2020, it turned it all upside down with what we hope was a ...

This workshop series from the Forum on Microbial Threats assessed the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on a whole host of societal sectors. Speakers and panelists from around the world discussed key ...

We’ve been living in a quandary: This pandemic is alarmingly complex and amazingly simple. Take this question: Are you likely to find Covid-19 at a party? Yes. That’s the simple answer, around here ...

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