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“5 Ways To Improve Air Quality In Schools”
New York Times
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8/27/23
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On The Importance Of Clean Air In Schools
New York Times
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8/27/23
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What Will The Fall/Winter Virus Season Look Like?
Your Local Epidemiologist
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8/24/23
“The fall/winter season always means more respiratory sickness—the weather changes, people head inside, and social networks change (school starts, holiday celebrations occur). But the last four years have resulted in very unusual patterns. This makes predicting this season a fool’s game. But I’ll take the bait and give it a shot.”
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“A Guide To Fall Vaccine Options” (Including Infographic)
Your Local Epidemiologist
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8/17/23
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What Do We Know About COVID Reinfections Now?
New York Times
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8/17/23
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3 College Presidents Share Their Well-Being/Fitness Routines
Chronicle of Higher Education
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8/11/23
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Update On The Current State of COVID
New York Times
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8/11/23
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Walk More. It’s So Good For You.
New York Times
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8/9/23
““It’s the best medicine we can recommend: Just going out for a walk,” said Dr. Randal Thomas, a preventive cardiology specialist at the Mayo Clinic who was not involved with the study.”
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Review Of School Air Filtration Recommendations For Student Health
New York Times
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8/9/23
“I interviewed dozens of independent scientists studying respiratory health whom I’ve known for years, and they all agreed that schools should primarily do two things.”
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How Should Your Workout Change As You Age?
New York Times
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8/1/23
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Still Paying Attention To COVID? Here’s The Latest Status
Your Local Epidemiologist
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7/18/23
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Depression Is On The Rise
Gallup
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5/17/23
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Everything You Wanted To Know About: Vision Health
New York Times
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5/15/23
“Reading a book or looking at an electronic device up close is bad for your eyes. True. Our eyes are not meant to focus on objects close to our face for long periods of time.”
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Let’s Re-envision Schools With Health At The Heart
Pasi Sahlberg
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5/14/23
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On The Role Of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) In Schools
Campus Safety
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3/1/23
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On The Importance Of Consistent Sleep For Heart Health
New York Times
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2/27/23
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“Cyclic Sighing” Can Help Manage Stress
Stanford
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2/9/23
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What Does Ending The COVID Emergency Mean? Five Variables
Your Local Epidemiologist
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2/7/23
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Do Healthy Lifestyle Factors Influence Likelihood Of Long COVID?
Harvard
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2/6/23
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“Are We Still In A COVID-19 Emergency?”
Your Local Epidemiologist
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2/2/23
“I don’t believe we are in an endemic phase— a state of predictability. I think we are on our way, and COVID-19 will eventually fall into seasonal patterns. But this will likely take years. Until then, we will be in an awkward space between pandemic and endemic. Epidemiologists don’t have an official word for this phase. WHO flu risk management people would probably call this the “transition” phase.”
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What To Know About Your Annual COVID Booster
Your Local Epidemiologist
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1/27/23
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Healthy Eating For Healthy Aging
Harvard
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1/9/23
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“Everyone Is Sick Right Now”
Wired
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12/7/22
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Masks Work (In Case You Weren’t Sure)
New York Times
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11/10/22
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“How To Salvage A Workout After A Bad Night Of Sleep”
New York Times
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11/2/22
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The Case For Naps
New York Times
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10/13/22
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Health Panel Recommends Screening All Kids 8-18 For Anxiety
New York Times
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10/11/22
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“Speeding Up Your Daily Walk Could Have Big Benefits”
New York Times
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9/20/22
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A Reflection On Walking
New York Times
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9/15/22
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The Good News About Bivalent Boosters
New York Times
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9/15/22
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When Should Health Education Begin?
KQED
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9/13/22
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Should We Drop The Distinction Between Mental And Physical Health?
Guardian
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9/12/22
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(When) Should You Take A Fall Booster?
Your Local Epidemiologist
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9/2/22
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Incubation Times Of COVID Variants Have Gotten Shorter
CIDRAP
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8/22/22
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"We’re Starting To Understand Long COVID”
LA Times
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8/21/22
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What Does Endemic COVID-19 Look Like?
New York Times
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7/20/22
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A Mental Health Checklist For Heading To College
New York Times
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7/8/22
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Information About Reinfection
Your Local Epidemiologist
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7/8/22
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COVID State Of Affairs: July 7 - BA.5, BA.2.75, And Boosters
Your Local Epidemiologist
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7/7/22
“This makes the fall booster conversation interesting. Last week, the FDA authorized a BA.4/5 vaccine formula. However, one could make the argument that the original BA.1 vaccine formula would be better with this BA.2.75 news. But, chasing variants is never going to work. Our goal should be broaden protection. An Omicron vaccine will do that, regardless of the sub-variant circulating.”
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Current Information On Omicron Variants BA.4/5
Your Local Epidemiologist
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6/22/22
“The newest Omicron variant, BA.4/5, is gaining traction, causing case, hospitalization, and death curves to trend upwards in many countries.”
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One Narrative On The Experience Of Anxiety And ADHD Medications
Bustle
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6/21/22
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Close Friends Are A Key To Good Mental Health. But How Many?
New York Times
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6/10/22
“If your goal is simply to mitigate the harmful impact loneliness can have on your health, what matters most is having at least one important person in your life — whether that’s a partner, a parent, a friend or someone else, said Jeffrey Hall, a professor of communication studies at the University of Kansas. “Going from zero to one is where we get the most bang for your buck, so to speak,” Dr. Hall said. “But if you want to have the most meaningful life, one where you feel bonded and connected to others, more friends are better.””
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Should All Children Over 8 Be Screened For Anxiety?
New York Times
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4/12/22
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“How To Improve Heart Health After COVID”
New York Times
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4/9/22
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The Health Toll Of Poor Sleep
New York Times
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12/6/21
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Is Hygiene Theater A Huge Waste Of Time?
Atlantic
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7/27/20
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How Drawing, Hobbies, And Down Time Can Benefit Well Being
New York Times
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5/1/20
“In fact, it’s not just making art that improves health and mood. Almost any hobby or act of leisure helps. A 2013 study at Pennsylvania State University found that gardening, sewing, completing puzzles and other relaxing activities lowered blood pressure. A 2015 study at the University of Merced revealed that individuals who engaged in leisure reported improved moods and less stress and exhibited lower heart rates.”
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On Intermittent Fasting
New York Times
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2/17/20
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“Coronaviruses Hit Seniors The Hardest”
Quartz
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1/31/20
“Unlike the flu, which has higher fatality rates in both young children and older adults, coronaviruses tend to only be more dangerous for seniors. In a paper published on Jan. 29, scientists writing in the New England Journal of Medicine recorded 0 cases of 2019-nCoV in children 15 and under. This doesn’t mean that children are immune to the virus, but they may be better at fighting it off if they’re otherwise healthy.”
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Data On The Coronavirus And Recommendations For Preventing It
World Economic Forum
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1/31/20
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Six Factors Determining Whether/How The Coronavirus Spreads
New York Times
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1/31/20
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A Long List Of Other Resources On The Coronavirus
NAIS
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1/28/20
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“How To Be Healthy, In Just 48 Words”
New York Times
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1/3/20
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We All Digest Food Differently. Here Marks The Beginning Of Personalized Nutrition
Guardian
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6/23/19
“The aim of this study – Predict, a collaboration between King’s College London and Harvard and Stanford medical schools in the US – is to measure thousands of people’s responses to different foods and discover why, when it comes to health, different diets suit different people. The hope is that when enough data has been gathered researchers (using AI), and eventually an app called Zoe, will be able to predict individual healthy and unhealthy food choices for each of us.”
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As Marijuana Is Legalized, Research Surfaces About Its Risks
New York Times
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1/4/19
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Health And Longevity Aren’t About Exercise, They’re About Physical Activity
Guardian
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1/3/19
“After two centuries of trying, we should accept that exercise is not working as a global fitness strategy while it remains an addition to the working day. In the long view, it is starting to look a lot like a fad… What is needed are the kinds of strategies that would make exercise unnecessary… Exercise becomes physical activity when it is part of your daily life.”
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Surgeon General Declares Vaping Is Now An “Epidemic”
NPR
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12/18/18
"I am officially declaring e-cigarette use among youth an epidemic in the United States. Now is the time to take action. We need to protect our young people from all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes."
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More (Bad) News On The Vaping Explosion
New York Times
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12/17/18
"The vaping increase was so precipitous, researchers said, that it was the largest annual jump in the use of any substance, including marijuana, they had seen in the project’s 44-year history.”
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Five Habits For Long Life, From That Really Long Harvard Study
Inc.
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12/7/18
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“The Secret To Aging Well: Contentment”
New York Times
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10/2/18
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4 Practices To Support Happiness (And Fend Off Depression)
Barking Up The Wrong Tree
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9/1/15