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Source: Image created by the authors Copyright: The Authors URL: http://mhealth.jmir.org/2020/9/e21243/ License: Creative Commons Attribution + Noncommercial + NoDerivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) Sun safety is being promoted this September with free UV indicating wristbands and sunscreen at beaches in an effort to get children and young people to make sunscreen and other sun protection part of their daily routine. The initiative by Queensland Health and Surf Life Saving Queensland puts into action Queensland University of Technology (QUT) research on the use of UV-sensing wristbands. QUT Public Health researcher Dr Elke Hacker, who is an expert in the use of technology to promote sun-safe habits, conducted the studyRead More →

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Source: Pixabay; Copyright: Mohamed_hassan; URL: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/coronavirus-virus-spread-flu-4952102/; License: licensed by the authors. Researchers detected an unexpected 50% increase in patients presenting with respiratory illnesses at UCLA Health facilities in the months before the pandemic. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers and colleagues who analyzed electronic health records found that there was a 50% increase in patients with coughs and acute respiratory failure at UCLA Health hospitals and clinics beginning in late December 2019, suggesting that COVID-19 may have been circulating in the area months before the first definitive cases in the U.S. were identified. This sudden increase in patients with these symptoms, which continued throughRead More →