tctMD included in its COVID-19 news roundup a new study from PhD students Erfei Zhao and Qiao Wu on how trusting right- or left-leaning TV news outlets are strongly correlated with either risky or preventive behaviors regarding the pandemic.
ASCO Daily News quoted Reginald Tucker-Seeley on a study that found financial hardship was associated with greater mortality risk in adults both with and without a history of cancer. “One of those questions is if financial hardship is a patient level construct or a household level construct and why is this important,” Dr. Tucker-Seeley said. “The other [question] is determining the feasibility of assessing financial hardship.”
Whether someone takes proper precautions to fight COVID-19 may be linked to whether they trust right- or left-leaning media outlets, according to a new USC Leonard Davis study. Continue Reading Media trust correlated with COVID-19 prevention behaviors
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PBS’ “Next Avenue” quoted Paul Irving, distinguished scholar in residence at the USC Leonard Davis School and chairman of the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging, on how COVID-19 has negatively impacted older Americans. “COVID has elevated our understanding of the inequities and disparities in society,” says Irving.
National Institute on Aging-funded center has been a pioneering force for integrating biological data into population studies for more than 20 years. Continue Reading USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health Receives $4.4 Million Renewal
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