Paxlovid reduces risk of Long COVID
VA released a study showing the medication Paxlovid can reduce the risk of symptoms of “Long COVID,” which affects millions of people in the U.S. and around the world. In the interest of public health, the study, “Nirmatrelvir and the risk of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19,” was released before peer-review on the pre-print server medRxiv.
As suicides rise, US military seeks to address mental health
After finishing a tour in Afghanistan in 2013, Dionne Williamson felt emotionally numb. More warning signs appeared during several years of subsequent overseas postings.
Applications for US jobless claims up again last week
More Americans applied for jobless benefits last week as the number of unemployed continues to rise modestly, though the labor market remains one of the strongest parts of the U.S. economy.
Inflation weighs on back-to-school buying for many families
To understand the impact of surging inflation on this year’s back-to-school spending, look no further than children’s rain boots with motifs like frogs and ladybugs made by Washington Shoe Co.
Researchers Call for National Public Health Effort to Prevent Loneliness
Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health call for the United States Public Health system to spearhead national efforts to combat the epidemic of loneliness. They write that prevention efforts must combine individual and population-based strategies, but more research is needed to provide the evidence to support the latter approach.
