I’m young(ish) and healthy, do I really need to worry about catching COVID-19?
Clinical Symptoms Infection and Spread
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: While the most serious risk for complications and mortality is still at older ages and those with co-morbidities, the course of disease in younger and middle-aged adults is proving highly unpredictable. “There’s a big difference in how people handle this virus,” says Robert Murphy, a professor of medicine and the director of the Center Read more…
I know I’ve been infected with COVID-19. How long am I contagious for and when can I come out of isolation?
Infection and Spread Staying Safe
Sandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
A. Scientists still don’t know how long people remain contagious for after infection. The CDC has issued guidelines for when people with known COVID infection can leave the house for essential trips: No fever for at least 72 hours without the use of medicines to reduce the fever, AND Other symptoms have improved, AND At Read more…
I’ve been seeing a therapist for several years and we recently moved to facetime appointments. It just doesn’t feel right. Should we break up?
Mental Health
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
A: We are all adjusting right now. And therapists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, and others who provide mental health services are more often than not working virtually. One thing to keep in mind: Even if it feels different, research has shown that telemental health services can be just as effective as in person services. And Read more…
A: While the most serious risk for complications and mortality is still at older ages and those with co-morbidities, the course of disease in younger and middle-aged adults is proving highly unpredictable. “There’s a big difference in how people handle this virus,” says Robert Murphy, a professor of medicine and the director of the Center Read more…
I know I’ve been infected with COVID-19. How long am I contagious for and when can I come out of isolation?
Infection and Spread Staying SafeSandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
A. Scientists still don’t know how long people remain contagious for after infection. The CDC has issued guidelines for when people with known COVID infection can leave the house for essential trips: No fever for at least 72 hours without the use of medicines to reduce the fever, AND Other symptoms have improved, AND At Read more…
I’ve been seeing a therapist for several years and we recently moved to facetime appointments. It just doesn’t feel right. Should we break up?
Mental Health
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
A: We are all adjusting right now. And therapists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, and others who provide mental health services are more often than not working virtually. One thing to keep in mind: Even if it feels different, research has shown that telemental health services can be just as effective as in person services. And Read more…
A. Scientists still don’t know how long people remain contagious for after infection. The CDC has issued guidelines for when people with known COVID infection can leave the house for essential trips: No fever for at least 72 hours without the use of medicines to reduce the fever, AND Other symptoms have improved, AND At Read more…
I’ve been seeing a therapist for several years and we recently moved to facetime appointments. It just doesn’t feel right. Should we break up?
Mental HealthAparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
A: We are all adjusting right now. And therapists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, and others who provide mental health services are more often than not working virtually. One thing to keep in mind: Even if it feels different, research has shown that telemental health services can be just as effective as in person services. And Read more…
A: We are all adjusting right now. And therapists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, and others who provide mental health services are more often than not working virtually. One thing to keep in mind: Even if it feels different, research has shown that telemental health services can be just as effective as in person services. And Read more…
