Social distancing predicts suicide rates: analysis of the 1918 flu pandemic in 43 large cities, research note - Stack S, Rockett IRH.
Social distancing (e.g., school and business closings) has been emphasized in current sociopolitical efforts in controlling COVID-19. Such policies are assumed to increase suicide risk through lowering social integration. While two studies have linked the ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Caution: 1918 influenza provides warning for potential future pandemic reemergence
(Michigan State University) New research from Michigan State University used health data from the initial 1918 influenza spike to provide insights to what " pandemic reemergence " may look like for our future. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - February 10, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Understanding health evidence in COVID-19 times
We all wish we were at least a little scientifically literate, so we can become competent enough to spot what is evidence based. Whether it ' s a chat over the fence with a neighbour or something you spot on social media, it ' s hard to know how to assess the quality of health claims. For many people accessing health claims isn ' t something they ' ve considered to do before or needed to do until now. The World Health Organization defines an infodemic as “overabundance of information – some accurate and some not – that occurs during an epidemic. It can lead to confusion and ultimately mistrust in governments...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - February 8, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
1918 pandemic second wave had fatal consequences
(University of Zurich) In the event of a pandemic, delayed reactions and a decentralized approach by the authorities at the start of a follow-up wave can lead to longer-lasting, more severe and more fatal consequences, researchers from the universities of Zurich and Toronto have found. The interdisciplinary team compared the Spanish flu of 1918 and 1919 in the Canton of Bern with the coronavirus pandemic of 2020. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
2 nurses: Her mom battled 1918 pandemic, she fights this one
Sigrid Stokes is carrying on a life-saving family tradition each time she administers COVID-19 vaccines to her fellow health care workers at at a Northern California’s hospital (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
COVID-19 Has Killed More Than 100,000 in Britain. Why Is the Fatality Rate So High?
The United Kingdom passed the grim milestone of 100,000 COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, only the fifth country to record a six-figure death toll, and by far the smallest.
With the entire country still under a national lockdown to slow the spread of the virus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday it was “hard to compute the sorrow” of the statistic in a national address, and offered his “deepest condolences to anyone who has lost a loved one.”
Half of the more than 100,000 deaths in the U.K. have come since November, when the virus, which reached low levels in the population over the summer, began s...
Source: TIME: Health - January 27, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Billy Perrigo Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Londontime United Kingdom Source Type: news
Depressive symptoms, fatigue and social relationships influenced physical activity in frail older community-dwellers during the Spanish lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic - P érez LM, Castellano-Tejedor C, Cesari M, Soto-Bagaria L, Ars J, Zambom-Ferraresi F, Baró S, Díaz-Gallego F, Vilaró J, Enfedaque MB, Espí-Valbé P, Inzitari M.
Due to the dramatic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Spain underwent a strict lockdown (March-May 2020). How the lockdown modified older adults' physical activity (PA) has been poorly described. This research assesses the effect of the lockdown on PA level... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 25, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Seeding the Ocean: Inside a Michelin-Starred Chef ’s Revolutionary Quest to Harvest Rice From the Sea
There are very few things that Ángel León hasn’t done with the fruits of the sea.
In 2008, as a young, unknown chef, he took a loin from one fish and attached it to the loin of another, using collagen to bind the two proteins together. He called them hybrids and served them to unsuspecting diners at Aponiente, his restaurant in the southern Spanish port town of El Puerto de Santa María, just across the bay from Cádiz. He discovered that fish eyes, cooked at 55°C in a thermal circulator until the gelatin collapsed, made excellent thickening agents for umami-rich sauces. Next he found th...
Source: TIME: Science - January 9, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Matt Goulding Tags: Uncategorized climate change feature longform Magazine Source Type: news
More Philadelphia (PA) Medics Urged to Consider COVID-19 Vaccination
Aubrey Whelan
The Philadelphia Inquirer
(MCT)
COVID-19 vaccinations began last week in Philadelphia’s Fire Department, with the city’s 500 emergency medical technicians first in line. Among the city’s first responders, EMTs have been in closest contact with COVID patients since the beginning of the pandemic, and the department as a whole has been hard hit by the virus.
But of the approximately 200 medics first offered the vaccine, only about 40% to 50% got the shot, said Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel at a news conference Wednesday.
Medics had cited “everything under the sun” when declini...
Source: JEMS Special Topics - January 7, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: Coronavirus News News Feed EMS EMT Fire Department EMS Paramedic Pennsylvania Source Type: news
More Philadelphia (PA) Medics Urged to Consider COVID-19 Vaccination
Aubrey Whelan
The Philadelphia Inquirer
(MCT)
COVID-19 vaccinations began last week in Philadelphia’s Fire Department, with the city’s 500 emergency medical technicians first in line. Among the city’s first responders, EMTs have been in closest contact with COVID patients since the beginning of the pandemic, and the department as a whole has been hard hit by the virus.
But of the approximately 200 medics first offered the vaccine, only about 40% to 50% got the shot, said Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel at a news conference Wednesday.
Medics had cited “everything under the sun” when declini...
Source: JEMS Operations - January 7, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: Coronavirus News News Feed EMS EMT Fire Department EMS Paramedic Pennsylvania Source Type: news
More Philadelphia (PA) Medics Urged to Consider COVID-19 Vaccination
Aubrey Whelan
The Philadelphia Inquirer
(MCT)
COVID-19 vaccinations began last week in Philadelphia’s Fire Department, with the city’s 500 emergency medical technicians first in line. Among the city’s first responders, EMTs have been in closest contact with COVID patients since the beginning of the pandemic, and the department as a whole has been hard hit by the virus.
But of the approximately 200 medics first offered the vaccine, only about 40% to 50% got the shot, said Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel at a news conference Wednesday.
Medics had cited “everything under the sun” when declini...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - January 7, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: Coronavirus News News Feed EMS EMT Fire Department EMS Paramedic Pennsylvania Source Type: news
More Philadelphia (PA) Medics Urged to Consider COVID-19 Vaccination
Aubrey Whelan
The Philadelphia Inquirer
(MCT)
COVID-19 vaccinations began last week in Philadelphia’s Fire Department, with the city’s 500 emergency medical technicians first in line. Among the city’s first responders, EMTs have been in closest contact with COVID patients since the beginning of the pandemic, and the department as a whole has been hard hit by the virus.
But of the approximately 200 medics first offered the vaccine, only about 40% to 50% got the shot, said Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel at a news conference Wednesday.
Medics had cited “everything under the sun” when declini...
Source: JEMS Latest News - January 7, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: Coronavirus News News Feed EMS EMT Fire Department EMS Paramedic Pennsylvania Source Type: news
More Philadelphia (PA) Medics Urged to Consider COVID-19 Vaccination
Aubrey Whelan
The Philadelphia Inquirer
(MCT)
COVID-19 vaccinations began last week in Philadelphia’s Fire Department, with the city’s 500 emergency medical technicians first in line. Among the city’s first responders, EMTs have been in closest contact with COVID patients since the beginning of the pandemic, and the department as a whole has been hard hit by the virus.
But of the approximately 200 medics first offered the vaccine, only about 40% to 50% got the shot, said Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel at a news conference Wednesday.
Medics had cited “everything under the sun” when declini...
Source: JEMS Administration and Leadership - January 7, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: Coronavirus News News Feed EMS EMT Fire Department EMS Paramedic Pennsylvania Source Type: news
More Philadelphia (PA) Medics Urged to Consider COVID-19 Vaccination
Aubrey Whelan
The Philadelphia Inquirer
(MCT)
COVID-19 vaccinations began last week in Philadelphia’s Fire Department, with the city’s 500 emergency medical technicians first in line. Among the city’s first responders, EMTs have been in closest contact with COVID patients since the beginning of the pandemic, and the department as a whole has been hard hit by the virus.
But of the approximately 200 medics first offered the vaccine, only about 40% to 50% got the shot, said Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel at a news conference Wednesday.
Medics had cited “everything under the sun” when declini...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - January 7, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: Coronavirus News News Feed EMS EMT Fire Department EMS Paramedic Pennsylvania Source Type: news
Letter from 1918 pandemic connects Thunder Bay woman to distant relatives, online community amid COVID-19
In 2019, Lindsay Doran-Bonk received a scanned copy of an 100-year-old letter, penned by her great-grandmother, Marion Elizabeth "Bessie" Forester. At the time, Doran-Bonk, a Thunder Bay Ont. resident, saw the letter as an interesting glimpse into the past, not realizing the significance it would hold for herself and for an online community in a year's time. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - January 6, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Thunder Bay Source Type: news
