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Health and Healthcare Systems
These are the world’s top health concerns in 2022
COVID-19 is the world’s top health concern, the Ipsos Global Health Service Monitor says. Mental health is a higher concern than cancer for the first time.
Health and Healthcare Systems
These are the world’s top health concerns in 2022
COVID-19 is the world’s top health concern, the Ipsos Global Health Service Monitor says. Mental health is a higher concern than cancer for the first time.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Omicron BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 – an expert answers three key questions about these new COVID variants
Two new Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 have been identified in the UK and Europe and collectively account for 27% of current infections in the US.
Wellbeing and Mental Health
Does vaccination help lessen anxiety associated with COVID-19?
The mental well-being benefits associated with vaccination were heavily concentrated in the older and clinically vulnerable groups, UK researchers found.
Wellbeing and Mental Health
Global Governance Frameworks in Digital Mental Health
Across the world, mental health systems are overburdened and under-resourced, and on-going crises such as COVID-19 are making the situation worse. To address this ‘silent pandemic,’ there...
Health and Healthcare Systems
Here's why long COVID-19 causes 'brain fog'
Long COVID-19: Here's how lost connections between nerve cells in the brain may explain cognitive symptoms, according to new research.
Wellbeing and Mental Health
International Stress Awareness Week: Here’s how to protect your mental health
Four in ten adults worldwide experience a lot of worry on a regular basis. International Stress Awareness Week aims to spotlight a global problem.
Emerging Technologies
Friendships: Less is now more
Just 13% of US adults say they have 10 or more close friends, compared with a third of people in 1990, according to the Survey Center on American Life.
Financial and Monetary Systems
Why stocks will remain strong in the long term, according to this Wharton professor
Wharton professor emeritus of finance Jeremy Siegel shares his insights on the stock market, including the US Federal Reserve's handling of inflation.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Pathways to Inclusion: Learning from the COVID-19 Policy Response
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic confronted countries with the double challenge of saving lives and then mitigating the adverse economic and societal effects of lockdowns and social ...
Health and Healthcare Systems
4 things you can do to support a friend with long COVID
Around 2.3 million people in the UK are living with long COVID. It can have profound effects on physical and cognitive function, and their quality of life.
Health and Healthcare Systems
COVID vaccines: An annual booster like the flu shot could be the way forward
Scientists are looking at different vaccine formats to future-proof COVID vaccines against a wider range of variants, avoiding the need for regular updates