During pandemics, protective behaviors need to be motivated by effective communication. A critical factor in understanding a population’s response to […]
Food allergies leave parents living in fear
Parents of children with food allergies face significant worry, severe anxiety and post-traumatic stress—according to new research from the University […]
Researchers have developed an app against needle fear
People in the Netherlands will soon have the opportunity to receive vaccination against COVID-19. However, an estimated 35% of all […]
Doctors fear more death as Dakotas experience virus ‘sorrow’
With coronavirus cases running rampant in the Dakotas and elected leaders refusing to forcefully intervene, the burden of pushing people […]
Pandemic leads to higher depression, anxiety and fear, studies show
The COVID-19 pandemic led to higher levels of depression, anxiety, suicidal tendencies and psychological trauma among American adults during the […]
Mystery virus behind killer outbreak in China may spread, experts fear
Fears grow that mystery virus behind killer outbreak in China may spread as World Health Organization tells hospitals around the […]
NHS staff’s fear of admitting mistakes ’causes 11,000 deaths a year’
Health bosses say 11,000 NHS patients die every year ‘because staff are too afraid to admit mistakes’ in attack on […]
Tokophobia: the women with an extreme fear of pregnancy and childbirth
Childbirth can clearly be a scary prospect. For women who have not given birth before, it is the great unknown. […]
Ebola survivors returning home to fear, stigma in Congo
Leoni Kahumbu remembers the night her 15-year-old daughter, Pascaline, first showed signs of Ebola. She found her fainted on the […]