Tag: COVID-19: Research

Helping families financially could reduce child maltreatment

The COVID-19 eviction moratorium reduced report rates of child abuse by up to 21%.
2024: A year in headlines

Defining moments of a landmark year, showcased on UGA Today.
Long COVID-19 is costing Americans money

Low income Americans are likely to suffer financial hardship when they develop long COVID.
Postpartum women filled more benzodiazepine prescriptions during pandemic

Postpartum diagnoses didn’t increase during COVID. Benzo prescriptions did.
Intranasal COVID-19 vaccine headed to clinical trials

UGA-based startup received federal funding for new intranasal COVID-19 vaccine.
Homelessness leads to more drug, alcohol poisoning deaths

Reducing homelessness by 25% could save thousands of lives from overdoses.
1 in 8 military families with children use a food bank to make ends meet

Minority military families are 50% more likely to use food pantries.
Depression, anxiety common among college students

Minority college students are more likely to experience depression.
Vaccine hesitancy persists among parents

Some parents have concerns about childhood vaccines, like the MMR and flu shots.
Postpartum women filled more opioid prescriptions during pandemic

Moms who gave birth during the pandemic were given more, stronger prescriptions.
COVID drug trials don’t match patient population

Most participants in the drug trials were white, male and over 50.
Another Tool in the Fight Against COVID-19

Sniffing out solutions
Genetic sequencing could contain future COVID-19 variants

Study finds travel bans are ineffective at containing new disease outbreaks.
Age may rival politics in COVID-19 vaccine debate

Age and risk perception may be the deciding factors on getting the COVID shot.
New online tools help assess COVID-19 risks

People can use the COVID-Taser website to predict likelihood of severe illness or death.
UGA team develops faster, cheaper COVID tests

The new COVID test, developed at UGA, will cover all COVID-19 variants.
COVID-19 pandemic fueled massive growth in green industry

Sales are likely to revert to normal levels, but some buyers will be hooked.
Fungal infections cost U.S. $6.7B in a year

Fungal infections doubled hospital costs and a patient’s risk of death.
Do you need a COVID-19 booster shot?

If you got the COVID-19 shots in early spring, your antibodies are likely waning. But…
Pandemic housing status influenced mental health

Renting, living alone were pandemic mental health risk factors.
FDA-approved gout medicine could also battle COVID-19

UGA researchers found probenecid has potent antiviral properties against SARS-CoV-2.
Symptomatic COVID patients are more contagious

UGA study identifies link between case severity and infectiousness.
Targeted methods to control the spread of COVID-19

New research analyzes more palatable alternatives to pandemic mandates.
People with disabilities faced pandemic triage biases

New study urges emergency rooms to bring in advocates to close health care gap.