Patients, many frail and unable to communicate their needs, were walled off from the family members who could advocate for them, even as staffing shortages and pandemic restrictions sharply reduced care. COVID has killed more than 140,000 residents of U.S. nursing homes, with deaths from other causes also far surpassing previous years.
The new omicron variant took only a few weeks to live up to dire predictions about how hugely contagious it is but scientists don’t yet know if it causes more severe disease even as the world faces exploding cases just before Christmas.
The number of adults living with mental illnesses has greatly increased during the coronavirus pandemic, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals a new "epidemic" of loneliness.
In a school year that was supposed to be a return to normal but has proven anything but, a Michigan school district has launched an educational program based on a key component of modern psychology — cognitive behavior therapy. Principles of this method are embedded in the curriculum and are part of the district’s full embrace of social and emotional learning.
New Zealand’s COVID-19 safety monitoring board said in a statement Monday that, based on current information available, the death of a 26-year-old man with myocarditis was likely due to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, according to reports.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday announced that his cabinet approved a travel ban to the U.S. due to rising concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 omicron variant.
Dr. Anthony Fauci claimed that while health officials expected variants of COVID-19, the omicron variant showed "unprecedented" mutations that even caught experts off-guard.
The rapid spread of the COVID-19 omicron variant has pushed the debate over vaccine booster shot mandates to the front as some businesses and universities take matters into their own hands.
A survey among mental healthcare professionals indicated significant issues resulting from the pandemic that could continue to plague individuals for years to come as the demand for therapy surges in a "second pandemic" of mental health problems.
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that the possibility of changing the definition for fully vaccinated is "certainly on the table" as the number of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to surge due to the omicron variant.
