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For severe cases of SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 (all caused by coronaviruses), some patients experience temporary confusion and delirium. After recovery, some patients may also experience depression, anxiety, or post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Lancet Psychiatry

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People who received a flu shot did not have increased fevers, muscle aches, or other side effects compared to those that received a placebo, except for increased soreness where they were injected.

JAMA

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Engaging people in a community-based setting and in empathetic conversation focused on safety improved safe firearms storage and the understanding that most firearm fatalities are suicides.

BMJ Injury Prevention

Long-term exposure to air pollution is linked to an increase in COVID-19 mortality rate.

COVID-19-related psychological distress was linked to heavier drinking in women, but not men.

Elsevier Research Selection

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If 95% of people wear masks in public, approximately 130,000 American lives could be saved from the COVID-19 pandemic over five months this fall and winter.

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More than half of COVID-19 patients may have heart muscle inflammation months after their recovery.

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The risk of hearing loss at some point in your lifetime increases with the number of cigarettes smoked. The risk of hearing loss decreases each year after quitting.

The American Journal of Medicine

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7-11 year-olds had a harder time responding to emotional cues when their sleep was restricted to six hours or less. The effects were stronger in kids with anxiety symptoms.

COVID-19 infection rates in children are significantly higher among racial and ethnic minorities and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds in the United States.

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