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- Study shows N95 masks near-perfect at blocking escape of airborne Covid-19 https://sph.umd.edu/news/study-shows-n95-masks-near-perfect-blocking-escape-airborne-covid-19 125 comments
- UMD Study Finds Brain Connectivity, Memory Improves in Adults After Walking https://sph.umd.edu/news/umd-study-finds-brain-connectivity-memory-improves-older-adults-after-walking 21 comments
- Doctors are under intense pressure to see more patients while documenting large amounts of notes for billing, a major source of job dissatisfaction and burnout. “Team-based documentation”, where others (excluding AI) contribute to clinical notes, can give doctors more time to spend on patient care. https://sph.umd.edu/news/doctors-sharing-expands-caring 295 comments science
- In a head-to-head comparison of masks worn by people with active COVID-19, the inexpensive “duckbill” N95 came out on top, stopping 98% of COVID-19 particles in the breath of infected people from escaping into the air. https://sph.umd.edu/news/study-shows-n95-masks-near-perfect-blocking-escape-airborne-covid-19 184 comments science
- Regular walks strengthen connections in and between brain networks, according to new research, adding to growing evidence linking exercise with slowing the onset of Alzheimer's disease. https://sph.umd.edu/news/umd-study-finds-brain-connectivity-memory-improves-older-adults-after-walking 156 comments science
- The Deadly Price of Pandemic Politics: People in Republican Counties Were More Likely To Die from COVID-19, new UMD-led analysis shows https://sph.umd.edu/news/deadly-price-pandemic-politics 1727 comments science
- Wearing surgical masks in public could help slow pandemic’s advance. University of Maryland and Hong Kong University study shows that surgical masks may help prevent infected people from making others sick with seasonal viruses, including coronaviruses. https://sph.umd.edu/news-item/wearing-surgical-masks-public-could-help-slow-pandemic-s-advance-new-study-suggests 4 comments science
- Having an abortion does not increase a woman’s risk for depression, according to a new study of nearly 400,000 women. The risk of antidepressant use did not change from the year before to the year after an abortion; rather, the risk of antidepressant use fell as more time after the abortion elapsed https://sph.umd.edu/news-item/having-abortion-does-not-lead-depression-research-dr-julia-steinberg-shows 8 comments science
- It is easier to spread the flu virus than previously thought. People commonly believe that they can catch the flu by exposure to droplets from an infected person's coughs or sneezes. But new information about flu transmission reveals that we may pass the flu to others just by breathing. https://sph.umd.edu/news-item/flu-may-be-spread-just-breathing-new-study-shows-coughing-and-sneezing-not-required 37 comments science
- Study finds race influences likelihood of getting a flu shot: African Americans had a higher degree of skepticism of the flu vaccine, which was related to their experience of racial bias and awareness about racial disparities in healthcare http://sph.umd.edu/news-item/study-finds-race-consciousness-influences-likelihood-getting-flu-shot 10 comments science