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Paxlovid treatment in 20% of COVID-19 patients could avert 850,000 hospitalizations, save up to $170 billion
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Paxlovid treatment in 20% of COVID-19 patients could avert 850,000 hospitalizations, save up to $170 billion

In a recent study published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers used data from a large case-cohort clinical trial (1,120 cases, 1,126 controls) to simulate 24 separate scenarios wherein the use of the Pfizer-developed antiviral drug ‘Paxlovid’ could benefit the Stated States of America’s (US’s) medical and economic sectors. Their analyses revealed that treating...

2024: What kind of year will we make it?
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2024: What kind of year will we make it?

By Laura HaightPresident, DWGC So here we are in 2024 … I hope you all had a great Holiday season and rang in the new year with friends, family, and a sense of hopefulness. OK, two out of three’s not bad. Of course, we should be hopeful. We have a big year in front of...

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Exposure to residential green and blue space and the natural environment is associated with a lower incidence of psychiatric disorders in middle-aged and older adults: findings from the UK Biobank | BMC Medicine

GBD 2019 Mental Disorders Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of 12 mental disorders in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Psychiatry. 2022;9(2):137–50. Article  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Liu BP, Jia CX, Qin P, Zhang YY, Yu YK, Luo X, et al. Associating factors...

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Feds to investigate 2 Florida high speed train crashes

FORT LAUDERDALE — The National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday it will investigate two crashes involving Florida’s Brightline train that killed three people at the same railroad crossing on the high speed train’s route between Miami and Orlando. The crashes happened Wednesday and Friday at a crossing along the U.S. 1 corridor in Melbourne, where...

Seven sets of legislative maps submitted to Supreme Court, most would reduce GOP advantage
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Seven sets of legislative maps submitted to Supreme Court, most would reduce GOP advantage

Republican control of the Legislature would likely be reduced under most of the proposed maps submitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday, which tossed out the current — heavily gerrymandered — maps late last month.  The Court ruled on Dec. 22 that the state’s legislative maps were unconstitutional because they violated the Wisconsin Constitution’s...

Students invited to pitch their video game ideas for nationwide competition
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Students invited to pitch their video game ideas for nationwide competition

K12 Enrichment Programs, a supplementary educational program designed to enrich the academic experience through extracurricular activities and contests, are calling upon public school students, from kindergarten through grade 12, to pitch their video game ideas from now until January 31, for a chance to win current generation gaming consoles like the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation...