Americans’ Responses to Covid-19 Stay-Home Orders Differed According to Population Density

Americans strongly reduced their visits to grocery stores, pharmacies, and transit stations following stay-at-home orders from mayors and governors earlier this year, but did not reduce their visits to parks and beaches.
21-Oct-2020 10:45 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Patients Who Had More Severe Covid-19 May Be the Best Donors for Convalescent Plasma Therapy

Sex, age, and severity of disease may be useful in identifying COVID-19 survivors who are likely to have high levels of antibodies that can protect against the disease.
19-Oct-2020 4:20 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Survey: More U.S. Adults Want the Government to Have a Bigger Role in Improving Peoples’ Lives Than Before the Pandemic

The share of U.S. adults who support an active government role in society increased by more than 40 percent during the initial pandemic response—up from 24 percent in September 2019 to 34 percent in April 2020.
13-Oct-2020 4:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Appoints David Celentano as New Bloomberg Centennial Professor

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has appointed David Celentano, ScD, MHS, as a Bloomberg Centennial Professor.
15-Oct-2020 11:20 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Researchers Improve the Standard Method for Assessing Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Taking into account two common kidney disease tests may greatly enhance doctors’ abilities to estimate patients’ cardiovascular disease risks.
14-Oct-2020 8:20 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Exposure to Vitamin D in the Womb Might Minimize Risk of High Blood Pressure for Children Born to Mothers with Preeclampsia

Children appear to be at greater risk of having high blood pressure when their mothers had the high blood pressure condition called preeclampsia during pregnancy—but this adverse association may be reduced or even eliminated for children who were...
5-Oct-2020 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Study Highlights Shortcomings in Telemedicine Despite Large Increases in Remote Consults During Covid-19 Pandemic

Despite increased use of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans have had significantly fewer consultations with primary care doctors and markedly fewer assessments of common cardiac risk factors.
30-Sep-2020 12:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Study Identifies Shortcomings in FDA Evaluations for New Opioid Drug Approvals Over Two Decades

Approvals of prescription opioids by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over more than two decades have been based on evaluations in narrowly defined patient groups for which certain safety-related outcomes have been rarely systematically...
29-Sep-2020 8:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites