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Shadow loss: Young adults cope with missing out during pandemic

A new paper featuring college students’ experiences with loss during the COVID-19 pandemic shows that although few directly experienced a close death, everyone lost something that impacted their lives. Researchers collected the stories as part of class assignments where students reflected on their earliest and most significant losses regarding COVID-19. The new paper, titled “Young […]

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Guideline for managing young infants with fever announced

(HealthDay)—In a new clinical practice guideline issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and published online July 19 in Pediatrics, key action statements are presented for the management of well-appearing infants aged 8 to 60 days with a fever ≥38 degrees Celsius. Robert H. Pantell, M.D., from the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Berkeley in Honolulu, […]

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While mopping, young mom’s heart tore

On a Saturday morning last August, Sindi Mafu had started her typical weekly chores—dusting, laundry, sweeping. Her 4-year-old daughter, Avela, was busy with her Zoom ballet class, and her toddler, Lunga, was eating his breakfast. Sindi grabbed her mop. She started sweating—profusely. Too much for merely mopping. She checked to make sure the air conditioner […]

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APA: Americans Are Stressed, Particularly Young Adults

FRIDAY, Oct. 23, 2020 — The stress of the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy, racism, and the presidential election poses a serious threat to mental health in the United States, according to a report released by the American Psychological Association (APA). The annual Stress in America survey was conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of […]

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Study shows one quarter of hospitalized young patients aged 18-39 years with COVID-19 developed pneumonia

New research to be presented at the ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Disease (ECCVID, held online from 23-25 September) shows that one quarter of hospitalised younger patients with COVID-19 aged 18-39 years developed pneumonia, underlining the danger the disease respresents to young people. The study is by Assistant Professor Hyun ah Kim, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, […]