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 Health Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Permalink Comments Comments Useful 44
Many White medical students and residents hold false beliefs about biological differences between Black and White people. These biases are linked to underestimating and under-treating pain felt by Black patients, likely contributing to racial disparities in healthcare. Psychological and Cognitive Sciences Education Persuasion Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Permalink Comments Comments Useful 42
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 Health Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Permalink Comments Comments Useful 38
In a series of mock court trials involving a Black defendant, racially diverse juries made fewer inaccurate statements and deliberated more than all-White juries. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Persuasion Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Permalink Comments Comments Useful 38
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 Education Health Persuasion Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Permalink Comments Comments Useful 48
People with disagreeable personalities (selfish, combative, and manipulative) do not have an advantage in attaining power within their organization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences CNN Persuasion Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Permalink Comments Comments Useful 654
Long-term exposure to air pollution is linked to an increase in COVID-19 mortality rate. Science Advances CNN Environment Health Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Permalink Comments Comments Useful 657
Glyphosate, the active ingredient in herbicides such as Roundup, harms freshwater plankton biodiversity important to freshwater ecosystems. Nature EurekAlert! Environment Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Permalink Comments Comments Useful 676
COVID-19-related psychological distress was linked to heavier drinking in women, but not men. Elsevier Research Selection Health Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Permalink Comments Comments Useful 741
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. Nature Newsweek Health Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Permalink Comments Comments Useful 784