Insider featured research by doctoral students Erfei Zhao and Qiao Wu of the USC Leonard Davis School on how viewers of Fox News were less likely to take preventative measures against COVID-19 compared to CNN viewers. “It’s not about what media they watch, it’s about what media they trust,” Zhao said.
LA Weekly featured a column written by Instructional Associate Professor of Gerontology George Shannon, about recent challenges faced by family caregivers, and the support required to overcome them.
The Washington Post featured an opinion piece written by alumna Lauren Luchi, MSG, on how we should challenge ageist biases and understand the multigenerational reality that exists in the United States in the midst of the presidential elections.
CNN featured a study by PhD in Gerontology students Erfei Zhao and Qiao Wu that found viewers who trust Fox News coverage more than CNN’s are slightly less likely to take preventative measures against the novel coronavirus and a little more likely to put themselves at risk. “Health messaging, despite being one of the few effective ways to slow down the spread of the virus in the absence of a vaccine, is doomed to fail if the media prioritize political interests over population health,” Zhao and Wu said.
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.”
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.
KPCC-FM’s Air Talk interviewed Donna Benton of the USC Leonard Davis School about the challenges nursing home residents face as facilities try to keep them safe. “We’re certainly seeing more of a sense of hopelessness and helplessness, feelings of anxiety and particularly of isolation.”
Fox News featured research by Eileen Crimmins of the USC Leonard Davis School on dementia being the underlying cause in many American deaths. “These findings indicate that dementia represents a much more important factor in U.S. mortality than previously indicated by routine death records,” she said. Additional coverage was found in the New York Post.
North Bay Business Journal noted that the USC Leonard Davis School received a five-year, $4.6 million award from the National Institute on Aging. The USC–Buck Nathan Shock Center will forge a deeper understanding of how and why aging processes cause disease in order to advance the translation of basic research on aging into effective preventions and therapies.
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