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Released: 23-Apr-2020 2:05 PM EDT
K-12 online learning platform from U-M sees dramatic rise in use
University of Michigan

Like thousands of K-12 Michigan teachers, Wendy Skinner wasn't sure where to turn when the Michigan Department of Education released its "Learning at a Distance" guideline in early April, requiring teachers to help students maintain and continue learning outside the classroom during the COVID-19 crisis.

Released: 23-Apr-2020 11:20 AM EDT
Can Music Distract Us While We Work From Home?
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A Rutgers researcher offers insight into the impact of music while we work

Released: 23-Apr-2020 10:55 AM EDT
Move it or lose it: Sitting around while avoiding COVID-19 creates other health risks, warns exercise researcher
McMaster University

Prolonged pandemic-related isolation, physical distancing and workplace closures are leading a McMaster University researcher to raise concern over the health impacts of inactivity.

Released: 21-Apr-2020 3:05 PM EDT
With Sharp Decrease of Intimate Partner Violence in Nicaragua, New Study Shows Violence Against Women and Girls Is Preventable
George Washington University

The percentage of women and girls in Nicaragua’s second-largest city who reported experiencing physical violence by their partners during their lifetimes decreased from 55% in 1995 to 28% in 2016, according to a GW new study.

Released: 21-Apr-2020 2:30 PM EDT
Public health experts explain what our new normal will look like
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

As local, state, and national government leaders release guidelines on reopening businesses and returning to a “new normal” during the COVID-19 pandemic, public health and infectious disease experts at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) say a gradual, cautious return would be the most effective.

Released: 20-Apr-2020 5:20 PM EDT
COVID-19 treatment depends upon disease severity
Cornell University

How individuals, and health care professionals, deal with infection from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, varies depending on the severity of the infection.

Released: 20-Apr-2020 12:20 PM EDT
Parenting during COVID-19? FSU psychology researchers offer their advice
Florida State University

By: Anna Prentiss | Published: April 20, 2020 | 10:59 am | SHARE: While there is currently no hard data accessible to fully understand the effects COVID-19 has on young children, researchers from the Florida State University Department of Psychology feel that children seem to be coping, on average, quite well during this time.

Released: 20-Apr-2020 9:00 AM EDT
Supporting healthy "grandfamilies"
West Virginia University - Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Master of Social Work student Mariah Martin is an intern with Healthy Grandfamilies, an eight-week training program from the Children’s Home Society for grandparents voluntarily raising their grandchildren.

Released: 17-Apr-2020 1:10 PM EDT
UC Davis Health specialists are seeing a big increase in cooking-related burns
UC Davis Health (Defunct)

Since California's stay-at-home order took effect, specialists at the Firefighters Burn Institute Regional Burn Center at UC Davis Medical Center have seen a nearly six-fold increase in patients with burns related to at-home food preparation.

Released: 17-Apr-2020 11:05 AM EDT
Fandoms and virtual engagement in a time of social distancing
DePaul University

With many people remaining in physical isolation due to the coronavirus, some are turning to old hobbies and even older TV shows to stay engaged socially.

Released: 17-Apr-2020 9:00 AM EDT
VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE: Newswise Live Expert Panel for April 16, 2020: COVID-19 Updates, Medicine Safety, 3D Printed Medical Equipment, Exercise in Isolation
Newswise

Newswise Live Expert Panel for April 16, 2020: COVID-19 Updates, Medicine Safety, 3D Printed Ventilators, Exercise in Isolation

   
Released: 16-Apr-2020 2:20 PM EDT
Newly translated 1500s book teaches the ‘art’ of drinking
Cornell University

When Michael Fontaine, professor of classics in the College of Arts and Sciences, began translating the Latin poem “How to Drink: A Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing” by German humanist Vincent Obsopoeus, he could not have known it would be published in the middle of a pandemic.

Released: 16-Apr-2020 8:30 AM EDT
Caring for Those Most Vulnerable to COVID-19 Requires Vigilance
Florida Atlantic University

Early reports suggest the case fatality rate for those over 80, which constitutes nearly half of nursing home residents, is more than 15 percent. In areas where there is a shortage of ICU beds and respirators, even the most carefully thought out ethical approaches to rationing these resources will place older patients at a lower priority. Nursing homes must be prepared to manage patients who have had or have COVID-19 infection.

Released: 16-Apr-2020 8:25 AM EDT
Daddy day-care: new-look flexible work options, thanks to pandemic
University of South Australia

The COVID-19 pandemic is putting flexible work on the table for thousands of fathers as they prove that working from home can be just as viable as working in a traditional office environment.

Released: 16-Apr-2020 8:00 AM EDT
The American Academy of Home Care Medicine partners with Home Centered Care Institute and The National Home-Based Primary Care Learning Network in three-year, $1.6M grant awarded by The John A. Hartford Foundation
American Academy of Home Care Medicine

In the Fall of 2019, The John A. Hartford Foundation awarded a three-year, $1.6M grant entitled, Moving and Scaling Home-Based Primary Care Phase II: Quality, Training and Advocacy. The project aims to improve care for the more than two million older adults who are the “invisible homebound” with functional impairments and frailty. This phase builds on the success of the initial grant phase, with the same organizations leading three complementary grants. While each organization has its own unique deliverables, they continue to work in close collaboration to achieve the overall goal ─ increasing access to high quality, home-based primary care that leads to improved outcomes for both patients and caregivers.

Released: 14-Apr-2020 12:30 PM EDT
Working at Home a Pain in Your Neck? Try These Posture and Ergonomic Tips
American Chiropractic Association

Improving posture and ergonomics is a proactive way to take care of your body while working from home.

   


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