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How the Global Pandemic is Impacting Patients with Eating Disorders

September 16, 2020 sarah Jonas Anorexia Nervosa, Anxiety, Bulimia Nervosa, Coronavirus, Eating Disorders, Isolation, Pandemic, Quarantine, Stress, Weight Gain

From isolation to weight gain to the anxiety of remote learning, the global pandemic presents a variety of reasons why

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Tulane researchers studying rise in intimate partner violence amid COVID-19 pandemic

August 10, 2020 sarah Jonas COVID-19, Domestic Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, IPV, Pandemic, Quarantine, Social Isolation, Tulane, Tulane University

Tulane mental health experts say many of the strategies that are critical to ensuring public health are having a major impact on families experiencing intimate partner violence., also known as IPV.

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FAU Now Offers COVID-19 Contact Tracing and Risk-Reduction Public Health Certificate

June 15, 2020 sarah Jonas Certificates, contact tracing, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employment, EPIDEMIOLOGY, Infection Control, Infectious Diseases, Nursing, Pandemic, Public Health, Quarantine, social distancing, Testing, Virus

In response to the high demand for one of the fastest-growing jobs in the U.S., FAU has launched a new, online public health certificate course on COVID-19, contact tracing and risk-reduction. The five-week, 15-hour course does not require a college degree and is scheduled from June 29 to Aug. 7. The program is open to the general public for adults age 18 and older with a high school diploma or equivalent and a variety of work experiences and educational backgrounds.

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Increased focus on fitness during COVID-19 pandemic due to need for emotional security

May 20, 2020 sarah Jonas Binghamton, Binghamton University, Coronavirus, COVID-19, covid19, Fitness, Health, Quarantine, State University of New York at Binghamton, SUNY Binghamton, Wellness, Working Out

Although the COVID-19 pandemic has closed most gyms throughout the country, this isn’t stopping people from working out. Many people

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Quarantine, stress from COVID-19 pandemic may lead to increased intimate partner violence

May 19, 2020 sarah Jonas Abuse, Binghamton, Binghamton University, Coronavirus, covid 19, COVID-19, Domestic Violence, intimate partner abuse, Intimate Partner Violence, Psychology, Quarantine, Relationships, State University of New York at Binghamton, Stress, SUNY Binghamton

The coronavirus has caused millions of people around the world to quarantine to prevent the spread of the virus, but

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Love Under Lockdown: How Couples Can Cope During COVID-19

April 22, 2020 sarah Jonas Cohabitation, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Coping Skills, Coronavirus, COUPLES, Dating, Divorce, Family, Family Therapy, Intimate Partner Violence, Marriage, Mental Health, Pandemic, Quarantine, Relationships, Romance, Stay at Home, Therapy

For many, love has long been associated with flowers, candy, and counting down the hours until they see their crush or significant other again. During the age of coronavirus? Just like every other part of life, the mechanics of romance have changed. Newly dating partners are longing for one another after weeks apart due to the quarantine; longtime cohabitating and married couples are spending more time together than ever, deepening bonds for many while some could use a breather from seeing their (not so) loved one’s face.

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UW team illustrates the adverse impact of visiting ‘just one friend’ during COVID-19 lockdown

April 13, 2020 sarah Jonas Community, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 and children, EPIDEMIOLOGY, Modeling, Modeling & Simulation, Quarantine, social connection, social distancing

“What’s the harm in visiting just one friend?” A lot of people are asking that during times of social distancing. A new website illustrates how doing so would essentially reconnect most households in a community and provide conduits through which the COVID-19 virus could spread.

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New Rutgers Saliva Test for Coronavirus Gets FDA Approval

April 13, 2020 sarah Jonas Coronavirus, coronavirus testing, COVID-19, FDA, Genetics, Health, Healthcare, Laboratories, Labs, Medicine, New Jersey, NJ, personal protective equipment, PPE, Quarantine, RUCDR Infinite Biologics, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswck, RWJBarnabas Health, Saliva, SARS-CoV-2, Science, Testing, U.S. Food And Drug Administration, White House

The FDA has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to Rutgers’ RUCDR Infinite Biologics and its collaborators for a new collection approach that utilizes saliva as the primary test biomaterial for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the first such approval granted by the federal agency. The new saliva collection method, which RUCDR developed in partnership with Spectrum Solutions and Accurate Diagnostic Labs (ADL), will allow for broader population screening than the current method of nose and throat swabs.

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Tips for Homebound Caregivers Coping with Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias during the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 9, 2020 sarah Jonas Alzheimer's Disease, Caregivers, COVID-19, Dementia, Dementia care, Nursing, Quarantine

Researchers from FAU’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing provide several coping and care strategies for caregivers to help sustain their health as well as the health of those in their care during the quarantine associated with COVID-19.

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Italians in COVID-19 Study More Willing to Remain in Isolation When Stay-at-Home Extensions Were Shorter than Expected

April 3, 2020 sarah Jonas COVID – 19, Isolation, Italy, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University, Pandemic, Quarantine, self-isolation

When Italians self-isolating during the COVID-19 outbreak were presented with a hypothetical situation in which orders to remain at home would be for shorter periods than they had expected, they were pleasantly surprised and said they would be more willing to stay in isolation. But people negatively surprised to hear that the hypothetical extensions of the orders would be for longer than they had anticipated said they would be less willing to maintain or increase their isolation.

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Could Intermittent Lockdown Save Us – and the Economy – From the Coronavirus?

April 2, 2020 sarah Jonas Alon, COVID – 19, Economy, Quarantine

Weizmann Institute scientists present a mathematical model for an exit strategy: how to restart the economy after the crisis

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Rutgers Launches Genetic Testing Service for New Coronavirus

April 1, 2020 sarah Jonas Biomaterials, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Diagnosis, First Responders, Health, health care providers, Healthcare, Infection, Laboratory, Medicine, Quarantine, Research, RNA, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Saliva, SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-2 testing, Science, Screening, Testing, Treatment

Rutgers’ RUCDR Infinite Biologics has launched a test for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and is using its automation experience and infrastructure to test as many as tens of thousands of samples daily. RUCDR has also submitted an emergency use authorization request for a saliva collection method that will allow for broader population screening.

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