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Thousands of kids in mental distress are stuck in ERs for days, OHSU study finds

Thousands of kids in mental distress are stuck in ERs for days, OHSU study finds

A growing number of children in mental health crises are spending days, sometimes nearly a week, in hospital emergency rooms because there is nowhere else for them to go, a new study has found. In a report published Friday in JAMA Health Forum, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University examined Medicaid claims data from 44 states covering more than …

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OHSU study suggests long COVID may be more common than previously thought

OHSU study suggests long COVID may be more common than previously thought

New research from Oregon Health & Science University suggests that long-term effects of COVID-19 may be far more common and slower to appear than previously believed. In a study published last week in PLOS Pathogens, scientists tracked a group of rhesus macaques infected with the delta variant of the coronavirus. The animals, all unvaccinated and previously unexposed to the virus, …

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