(HealthDay)—About 8 percent of children report any past or current suicidal ideation, according to a study published online March 12 in The Lancet Psychiatry.
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Reducing the risk of infection
“Biology shows us that there are additional ways to reduce the risk of serious coronavirus infections, in addition to hand hygiene and keeping distance,” Viola Vogel writes.
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Patients prescribed opioids after tooth extraction report worse pain
The use of opioids to soothe the pain of a pulled tooth could be drastically reduced or eliminated altogether from dentistry, say University of Michigan researchers.
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Social distancing: What it is and why it’s the best tool we have to fight the coronavirus
As the coronavirus spreads into more and more communities, public health officials are placing responsibility on individuals to help slow the pandemic. Social distancing is the way to do it. Geriatrician Thomas Perls explains how this crucial tool works:
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COVID-19 appears less severe in children, review says
As outbreaks of COVID-19 disease caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continue worldwide, there’s reassuring evidence that children have fewer symptoms and less severe disease. That’s among the insights provided by an expert review in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, the official journal of The European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases.
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Moscow plans coronavirus medical centre on Chinese model
Moscow said on Friday it was planning to build a medical centre inspired by a rapidly built Chinese facility to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
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EU battles virus and promises Italy whatever it needs
The EU executive on Friday unveiled a raft of measures to protect the European economy from the coronavirus outbreak, and promised it would do whatever it takes for hardest-hit Italy.
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Why don’t viruses make their original hosts sick? 5 questions answered
Editor’s note: The coronavirus that has claimed more than 4,000 lives worldwide and sickened more than 113,000 most likely originated in bats, most experts believe. From bats, the virus “jumped” to another species, likely pangolins, and then to humans. Why didn’t the virus make bats or pangolins sick? As it turns out, viruses are complicated—in addition to sometimes being deadly.
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Nations employ drastic tactics to fight microscopic foe
Tens of millions of students stayed home on three continents, security forces went on standby to guard against large gatherings of people, and bars, restaurants and offices closed Friday to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
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America’s poorest children won’t get nutritious meals with school cafeterias closed due to the coronavirus
Schools aren’t only places where kids learn. They are also places where kids eat.
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