Vaccination rates lag in counties with more racial and ethnic minority residents, and in places with a higher concentration of people whose English is less fluent, a USC study finds.
Disruption fatigue, emotional exhaustion and skepticism about public health information are making a bad thing worse, USC experts note. Coping skills and safety measures are critical.
The study could help school administrators and local governments as they decide how much importance to place on testing youngsters.
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A study by USC Dornsife researchers finds that the order of symptoms in the first wave of COVID-19 varied among virus strains.
The pedestal monuments represent USC’s Presidential Medallion, presented to faculty, staff and health care frontline workers in recognition for service amid the challenges of COVID-19.
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Recognizing the power of storytelling, three university professors across multiple disciplines assembled two crews to make short films to counter vaccine hesitancy.
When in-person therapy became too dangerous, every state adopted at least one policy related to treatment access for patients suffering from opioid addiction. But no state did everything that was necessary, the USC study found.
Getting a booster shot is your best bet, say USC Student Health’s Sarah Van Orman and Deona Willes of USC Environmental Health and Safety.
To address vaccine hesitancy, many governments, employers and health systems turned to public messages and financial incentives — from gift cards and savings bonds to $1 million lotteries. They didn’t work.
Workers reported new physical and mental health issues. They also were spending 90 more minutes a day at their workstations
When COVID-19 hit Southern California, Keck Medicine of USC mobilized to protect the hardest-hit, highest-risk communities.
Multiple USC schools joined forces with the Vaccinate L.A. team to reach out to specific communities in Los Angeles via research-proven storytelling.
The number of hospitalizations and deaths for patients managed with a new protocol dropped by nearly one-fifth; for those who received a new drug therapy, hospitalizations were halved and deaths were reduced to zero.
Vaccine hesitancy is about more than misinformation. It’s about emotions, says the director of The Vaccination Confidence Project at a talk hosted by USC.
Laura Isabel Serna is committed to making sure that Latinx stories become part of the pandemic’s historical record.
The USC study of more than 80 counties nationwide reveals the difference more or less restrictive policies may have had on the spread of COVID-19.
Researchers from USC and the University of Pennsylvania collaborated with a private company CEO to help Greece do more with less and curb COVID-19’s spread when the country reopened to tourists.
A USC Dornsife study finds that people who receive a COVID-19 vaccine experience a decrease in mental distress such as anxiety and depression.
Annie Nguyen of the USC Roski Eye Institute answers frequently asked questions about whether our eyes are vulnerable to the coronavirus.
USC physician Marc Incerpi answers questions about why getting the vaccine is so important and addresses other crucial issues for expectant moms.