Overuse of social media and screen time, internet safety, unhealthy eating, depression and suicide, lack of physical activity. Those are among parentsâ greatest worries about their kids during the coronavirus pandemic era, according to a newly released poll from C.S. Mott Childrenâs Hospital, affiliated with the University of Michigan Medical School.
Parenting in a pandemic is not for the faint of heart, the survey concluded.
âThis is an especially challenging time for families, with many children experiencing significant changes in routine that may negatively impact their health and well-being,â said Dr. Gary Freed, a pediatrician and co-director of the poll at the university in Ann Arbor.
âWe are in for a very long January.â TSA screenings hit new high Sunday amid ongoing pandemic
By Travis Andersen Globe Staff,Updated December 28, 2020, 12:57 p.m.
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A man in a mask and face shield waited in the international departures terminal at Logan Airport on Dec. 22.Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe
The Transportation Security Administration screened more travelers nationwide on Sunday than at any time since the start of the pandemic, according to an agency spokeswoman,
despite repeated warnings from elected officials and public health experts to stay home during the holidays to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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If you’ve noticed you’re reaching for an extra glass of wine or beer (or spirit) to unwind lately, you re not alone.
JAMA Network Open compared how U.S. adults reported using alcohol before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and at two time points during it. The results? Adults indeed reported drinking more alcohol and doing so more frequently since the start of the worldwide health crisis.
“Understandably, people have been faced with the task of managing a lot of uncertainty and factors that are out of our control, and that can be provoking,” says Aimee Chiligiris, PsyD, an assistant professor of medical psychology (in psychiatry) at the Columbia University Medical Center in New York City who specializes in substance abuse.
December 21, 2020
Doctors put their own lives on the line in 2020, and in this tumultuous year which saw a global pandemic, a deeply divided United States, plus eroding public confidence in science they have been inspired to do something they’ve shied away from in the past: speak out.
The desire to take a stand on something that’s not strictly “medical” is a relatively new phenomenon for the profession, where clinicians of all stripes have long been urged to keep their lives and views to themselves. The advent of social media, however, has provided a place to speak out within their private circles and, more broadly, about issues that impact their patients’ health and lives.