Jun. 30—On a summer evening in 1963, a fisherman snagged his hook on the body of a 2-year-old boy in Keene Creek Reservoir east of Ashland. The boy was wrapped in a blanket and homemade quilt, bound with wire and weighted down with iron molds to keep his body hidden […]
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Does prolonged COVID-19 detection identify people who are infectious long term?
Two scientists discuss the results from a diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. A recent study by Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health provides new insight into whether or not prolonged detection of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material also indicates a person who […]
Lecturers develop a method to identify when a pandemic such as COVID-19 is in remission
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Lecturers from the University of Valencia, Jose M. Pavía and Ernesto Veres-Ferrer, have developed a method that makes it possible to identify, in real time, when an epidemic issue such as COVID-19 is in remission. The method, explained in a research paper, has been published in […]
How to identify and overcome harmful body checking behaviors
In the fitness and weight loss communities, progress photos, body fat measurements and other “non-scale victories” are touted as healthy alternatives to obsessively checking the scale. For some people, though, these practices are just as harmful as stepping on the scale, and they can lead to a destructive fixation known […]
2021 census will identify veterans to provide ‘more targeted’ mental health support
Veterans MInister Johnny Mercer said: ‘This is a huge step forward, and better data means better public services for veterans’ – Kirsty O’Connor/PA Wire Veterans will be identified on the census for the first time in a bid to improve mental health support. The question “have you previously served in […]