Jun 25, 2020
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
With the arrival of warm weather, and as states begin to loosen months of lockdown restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic, it’s only natural that people are itching to get outside. But what summer activities are safe during a pandemic? And with many air-conditioned movie theaters, libraries, restaurants and malls closed or limiting the number of visitors, where can people go to cool down?
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Jun 25, 2020
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Summer camps are an annual ritual for millions of children, but one expert offers advice on how to determine whether it’s safe to send your kids to one during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Jun 24, 2020
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
According to a study from the Arizona State University Department of Psychology, media use in the hour preceding bedtime impacts how kids sleep, especially children who struggle to self-regulate their behavior. Frequent media use before bed in these children predicted later bedtimes and less sleep. The work is now available online in Psychological Science.
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Jun 24, 2020
The Conversation – Debbi Long
While Australia gradually opens up from COVID-19 lockdown, Victoria is still struggling to contain the outbreak. The Black Lives Matter protest in Melbourne on June 6, which attracted thousands of face-masked and hand-sanitised protesters, did not prove to be the public health nightmare many commentators (particularly politically conservative ones) had predicted. But Melbourne is nevertheless contending with a worrying spike in case numbers arising from infection clusters around staff working in quarantine sites and extended family gatherings.
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Jun 23, 2020
Moms – Megan Glosson
Allergic reactions can scare even the most veteran mothers out there. After all, allergic reactions can be life-threatening and often require an immediate response to get them under control. While that’s scary enough, this reaction can even catch parents off guard if their child has never experienced an allergic reaction before. But what can cause a child to develop a food allergy that they never experienced as a baby? And how can parents handle these reactions if, heaven forbid, they happen?
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