USC Annenberg Media quoted student Kelly Vuong about the difficulties students face making friends on campus during the pandemic. “Some folks are simply just trying to go to school and then retreat back to their homes rather than lingering around and socializing as they probably may have done in the past.”
NBC News quoted Postdoctoral Researcher Theresa Andrasfay regarding an Oxford study illustrating last year’s decline in life expectancy for the U.S. “It reveals the U.S. did a poor job protecting younger individuals or they were more susceptible compared to other countries,” said Andrasfay, who was not involved in the study. It could mean that the country was worse at protecting essential workers or that working-age people had more conditions that put them at greater danger from Covid, she added.
Los Angeles Daily News featured a column by former USC Leonard Davis lecturer Helen Dennis, who mentioned her prior work at USC and advice about getting older. “The field of aging is more exciting than ever with new possibilities in technology, careers, housing, transportation, business and more. At the same time, we need to be cognizant that there is a downside to aging as older adults live in poverty and face ageism, the crisis of dementia and challenges of caregiving, staff shortages in nursing homes and more, ” she wrote. “Yet – we need to keep focused and optimistic as we leverage the strengths and opportunities of this new life stage while having a commitment to address the challenges of an aging society through public policy, enhanced services, research and providing equitable health care that will guarantee equal opportunities for economic stability, health, purpose and dignity for all ages.”
dot.LA quoted Elizabeth Zelinski on how Baby Boomers don’t want Life Alert-style technology. “They don’t want to wear those things, especially the one that you wear around your neck. … The message, if you’re going to be wearing one of those things, is you can’t take care of yourself. You’re dependent. Americans hate that.”
Marketplace featured a study coauthored by Mireille Jacobson on the low effectiveness of financial incentives for COVID-19 vaccination.
Bloomberg featured a study regarding the low effectiveness of financial incentives for vaccination. “Reaching a goal of very high vaccination rates likely requires much stronger policy levers, such as employer rules or government mandates,” wrote the authors, including Mireille Jacobson.
Wall Street Journal featured a study coauthored by Mireille Jacobson on how financial incentives for COVID-19 vaccination may not work.
San Francisco Chronicle featured a study coauthored by Mireille Jacobson on why financial incentives to encourage vaccination may not work. “(T)his is not the road to getting to ‘herd immunity.’ It might be that these small incentives nudge a few people one way or another, but it’s really just not going to get us anywhere near where we hope to get … we’re not nudging our way out of this epidemic,” said Jacobson.
Inverse featured research by Valter Longo on how fasting affects the body and the potential for a fasting-mimicking diet to improve health. “If you fast every day for 21 hours, yes, you might get lots of benefits,” Longo says, “but you’re going to get a compliance of probably less than 1 percent.”
Washington Post featured Valter Longo on how recent research points to interventions in diet, exercise and mental outlook that could slow down aging and age-related diseases. A multidisciplinary approach involving evidence-based strategies “could get it all right,” he said. The article also appeared in Anchorage Daily News.
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