Tag: pandemic

Editor’s note: Every community depends on the resources and support that nonprofit agencies provide people, whether physical, material or emotional. The Chronicle’s ongoing series, Nonprofit Spotlight, profiles the nonprofit agencies in Citrus County that exist to help make life better for...

Many neurological disorders like Parkinson’s, chronic depression and other psychiatric conditions could be managed at home, thanks to a collaborative project involving researchers at the University of Queensland (UQ). Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) Professor Peter Silburn AM said his team, together...

Anxiety concerning Omicron is hitting southern businesses hard as a different wave associated with the Covid-19 pandemic suffocates some sectors. Despite the easing of Covid restrictions, retail areas remain quiet and crowds small. Only 7563 people ventured to Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr...

NEW DELHI: India is slowly but surely emerging from the dark shadows of the Covid pandemic that disrupted our lives like never before. Life is limping back to the pre-Covid normal. The restrictions are on their way out. Markets, offices, restaurants,...

For many senior adults in Texas and across the world, this month marks two years of frequent isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These were two years they were supposed to spend playing with their grandchildren and great grandchildren, not watching...

Chuck Norris I admit that when I wrote last week complaining about the public health downsides created by the annual switch to daylight saving time, I was unaware of the Sunshine Protection Act, even though this bill calling for a permanent...

Depression and anxiety levels in the UK are “jumped markedly” as a consequence of restrictions and isolation during the first COVID-19 lockdown in the UK, according to researchers from the University of Bath. Psychologists from the University’s Addiction and Mental Health...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, a team of researchers from Israel conducted a longitudinal study to assess the plausible risk and protective factors responsible for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related mental health outcomes in the adult population...

The long-running coronavirus pandemic has fueled a lot of anxieties — including financial ones. But some people have had far fewer worries than others. Consider this: Among those investors who worked with a financial advisor, 84% said that doing so gave...

March 15, 2022 — In casual conversation these days, you’re likely to hear: “I’m just done with COVID.” The problem is the virus isn’t done with us yet. Nor is the war in Ukraine, inflation, or gas prices, among other concerns....