Anxiety and depression are impacting one‐quarter of young adults who say they have considered suicide in the past month due to COVID‐19, according to researchers of a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report released Aug. 14. Similar mental health conditions are also ...
adults will develop a mental illness during their lifetime. The CDC report cites figures from a 2009 survey conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which found tha...
"There seems to be a step back to see developmental disabilities, like autism, being only in childhood. The branch provided key public health expertise for disability in adulthood, where people spend most of their lives," said a current CDC official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.It...
Federal health officials have outlined a five-part plan to improve and protect the mental health and well-being of America's healthcare workers (HCWs) and create sustainable change for the next generation of HCWs. "It's long past time for us to care for the people who care for all of u...
The last round of the survey's results had highlighted worsening mental health and violence affecting LGBTQ high school students. Also pulled offline was much of the CDC's adult immunization guidance, which referenced transgender and nonbinary people as part of carefully crafted recommendations for ...
Some datasets the group's members said they needed, like a CDCsurveyofmental healthand chronic disease in high school students, were accessible again by Thursday. But anonline toolto navigate results from a similar dataset overseen by the agency about adults, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillanc...
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LOS ANGELES, March 31 (Xinhua) -- A new study published Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found more than a third of high school students reported in 2021 they experienced poor mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
"Safe in-person instruction gives our kids access to critical social and mental health services that prepare them for the future, in addition to the education they need to succeed," Walensky continued. "These updated recommendations provide the evidence-based roadmap to hel...
Public health labs need the CDC scientists “because they’re underfunded, understaffed,” the other said. “They are at their capacity already.” Lab fellows’ responsibilities included helping with outbreak investigations and responses, including by training local staff on how to safely run tests...