How a COVID-19 Exodus Affected Illinois Government Staffing, Salary Spending – WTTW News
Public health workers spent the last three years on the frontlines of the battle against COVID-19.From information campaigns to the...
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Youth self-poisonings, accidental illicit-drug ingestions soared after COVID-19 onset
Two studies published today shed light on youth suicide and ingestion of illicit substances among US youth in 2021, with...
Young children ingesting illicit substances rose after Covid-19 outbreak, study shows – CNN
CNN — The outbreak of Covid-19 presented many dangers for children, and a new study suggests increased illicit substance ingestions...
Kids’ screen use rose amid COVID school closures, then fell but stayed elevated
Canadian researchers find that children's average weekday screen time rose an average of 1.35 hours during the first COVID-19 wave...
White House to launch $5 billion program to improve COVID vaccines
Canadian researchers find that children's average weekday screen time rose an average of 1.35 hours during the first COVID-19 wave...
Meta-analysis reveals wide range of persistent long-COVID psychiatric symptoms
A meta-analysis of 23 studies reveals that the psychiatric symptoms of long COVID were, from most to least prevalent, anxiety,...
National Academies report reveals dire pandemic effects on at-risk kids, families
The latest report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine highlights the outsized pandemic burdens shouldered by racial-minority...
Survey: Most teens lacked sleep, struggled with schoolwork in 2021 during COVID
Three quarters of US high school students didn't get enough sleep, and two-thirds had difficulty completing schoolwork, in 2021 amid...
Americans less active after emergence of COVID-19, study finds
A Vanderbilt University study estimates that Americans took 719 fewer daily steps in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic...
What does it mean to be present three years after COVID-19 sent us home? – The Daily Princetonian
When Princeton’s administration decided to send students home permanently, on March 13, 2020, instead of temporarily, for spring break, the...