Lockdown-related stress led to more severe brain changes in girls, raising concerns about long-term mental health impacts, say scientists. Study: COVID-19 lockdown effects on adolescent brain ...

Cleaner air didn’t mean lower methane. New research shows how chemical shifts and La Niña rains pushed methane emissions to record levels.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world implemented restrictive measures—such as stay-at-home orders and school closures—to mitigate the spread of the respiratory illness. It's been ...

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State-issued lockdowns and social distancing protocols are effective in slowing the spread of COVID-19 but can bring about negative socioeconomic and psychological effects, such as the increased ...

Child mortality in England was significantly higher after national COVID-19 lockdowns than that during or before the lockdowns, especially among children from non-White backgrounds, a new study ...

Five years since the federal government ordered businesses and schools to close their doors to prevent the spread of COVID-19, American society has not returned to all of its pre-pandemic rhythms and ...

Lockdowns may have exacerbated immune responses in PLHIV due to changes in inflammatory regulation and lifestyle alterations. Significant immune profile differences were observed pre- and ...

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As the U.S. formally exited from the World Health Organization last month, Trump administration officials misleadingly claimed that the WHO “pushed” or “promoted” lockdowns during the COVID-19 ...

I don’t think I’m alone in the fact that I don’t really like to dwell on lockdown too much. It was, after all, a complicated, sad time, and when I do think about it, in my head it’s a weird blur of ...