Category: Public Health

Adjunct Professors: Jobs Are Low on Pay and Health Benefits With High COVID Risk

As colleges and universities develop plans for the fall semester amid the coronavirus pandemic, these non-tenured, often part-time instructors find themselves in an especially precarious position.

Nearly 25 million U.S. homes lack enough space for COVID-19 quarantine, study finds

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Most parents of unvaccinated adolescents say they won’t begin HPV vaccine series, survey shows

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College students may need COVID-19 testing every 2 days to contain virus, Yale researchers say

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Adults 25-34 most concerned about COVID-19, survey suggests

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Pandemic will likely ‘get worse before it gets better,’ Trump says; US inks deal for 100M vaccine doses — 4 COVID-19 updates

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Bingeing on Doom: Expert on the ‘Black Death’ Attracts Cult Following

A 2016 series on the 14th-century plague became must-see TV during spring’s COVID-19 outbreak — and flooded Purdue medievalist Dorsey Armstrong with questions about parallels between that pandemic and the current crisis.

Essential and in Danger: Coronavirus Sickens, Even Kills Public Health Workers

As the coronavirus threatens the nation’s public health army, an outbreak in Maryland reflects the tension between serving the community and protecting workers from a deadly disease.

Scientists Want to Know More About Using UV Light to Fight COVID-19 Spread

‘Germicidal’ ultraviolet light technology has a proven track record against indoor transmission of tuberculosis and other airborne microbes. It’s now being used in some restaurants and on subways.

COVID-19 cases may be 6 to 24 times higher than reported in some areas, CDC says

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