Awe-inspiring tutorials can ease health worker burnout

Watching awe-inspiring tutorials for just a few minutes a day can ease health care workers' feelings of depression and emotional exhaustion.

Sarah Avery-Duke • futurity
Dec. 9, 2022 • ~5 min

AI can reveal hidden bias in news media

AI that compares what news media actually reported to what could have been reported can identify biases we might otherwise miss.

Shirley Cardenas-McGill • futurity
Dec. 8, 2022 • ~4 min

Can masks affect cognitive performance?

Masks lowered the performance of chess players until they adjusted to wearing them, new research on cognitive performance shows.

U. Queensland • futurity
Dec. 7, 2022 • ~3 min

Severe COVID-19 linked with brain aging, says study

Researchers have linked the molecular signatures underlying brain aging with the cognitive decline observed in patients with severe COVID-19.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Dec. 6, 2022 • ~4 min

In 30 years, the US saw 1.1 million gun deaths

Gun deaths in the US are reaching unprecedented levels. A new study digs into the data behind the violence.

Carol Clark-Emory • futurity
Dec. 6, 2022 • ~6 min

Pharma's expensive gaming of the drug patent system is successfully countered by the Medicines Patent Pool, which increases global access and rewards innovation

The Medicines Patent Pool was created to promote public health, facilitating generic licensing for patented drugs that treat diseases predominantly affecting low- and middle-income countries.

Lucy Xiaolu Wang, Assistant Professor of Resource Economics, UMass Amherst • conversation
Dec. 5, 2022 • ~11 min

Pandemic widened gaps in postpartum care

Postpartum doctor visits declined during the pandemic, with the sharpest drops seen among young women, Black women, and uninsured women.

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
Dec. 2, 2022 • ~4 min

Pandemic appears to have aged teen brains

"If their brain remains permanently older than their chronological age, it's unclear what the outcomes will be in the future."

Ker Than-Stanford • futurity
Dec. 2, 2022 • ~8 min

Nurses' attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination for their children are highly influenced by partisanship, a new study finds

Nurses who identify as Democrats have a significantly higher likelihood of having their children vaccinated against COVID-19 than those who identify as Republicans.

David Wiltse, Associate Professor of Political Science, South Dakota State University • conversation
Dec. 2, 2022 • ~6 min

Twitter lifted its ban on COVID misinformation – research shows this is a grave risk to public health

A wealth of research on social media shows that COVID-19 misinformation is damaging to public health.

Anjana Susarla, Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University • conversation
Dec. 1, 2022 • ~6 min

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