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 ...

Marinei Herselman and Bongeka Zwani received funding from the University of Fort Hare GMRDC for this study. The unintended consequences of measures introduced to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus ...

Mark Woolhouse holds grants from the European Union and the Wellcome Trust. He was previously a member of the UK's advisory group on modelling SPI-M-O, the Scottish Government's Covid-19 Advisory ...

Experts discuss the threats coronavirus outbreaks in prison pose for the country Some inmates at Alabama state prison facilities asking for help amid the novel coronavirus pandemic highlighted what ...

Children’s mental health unsurprisingly plummeted when they were forced to stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent study has discovered. Using medical claim data from a large private health ...

ISTANBUL/ROME, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Women around the world on Wednesday marked International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, highlighting how lockdowns due to the pandemic had left ...

Eight inmates fled the minimum-security unit of the women's prison in Pierre, S.D. on Monday night after a fellow detainee tested positive for the coronavirus. The women left the Community Work Center ...