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Collaboration for Healthier Lives (CHL) and Impact for Urban Health Release Progress Update on Member-Led Initiative in the UK

Together with Impact on Urban Health, we recently published a new report highlighting the results of our latest round of Collaboration for Healthier Lives (CHL) UK supermarket trials. The progress report follows on from the initial CHL UK report published in 2020 that shared findings from multiple supermarket trials designed to make healthier products more… Read More »

COVID Vaccines Do Not Impact Infection

Considering the scale of the mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19, if the shots were working as advertised, we’d have vaccine-induced herd immunity already. As of October 28, 2021, 6.94 billion doses of COVID-19 jabs had been administered, equating to 49% of the world population having received at least one dose.1 Add to that the fact… Read More »

COVID-19’s impact on NSW: the numbers

THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN NSW: * New locally acquired cases: 1405 (down 75 on the previous 24-hour period) * In hotel quarantine: Two * Total cases in this outbreak (since June 16): 33,296 * Total in NSW for entire COVID-19 pandemic: 38,919 * In hospital: 1175 (+39) * In intensive care: 202 (+8) * Ventilated:… Read More »

Latest snapshot of the coronavirus impact

LATEST COVID-19 DEVELOPMENTS: * Prime Minister Scott Morrison has apologised for the vaccine rollout not meeting its targets. * NSW recorded 124 new local COVID-19 cases, the highest since the outbreak began. At least 70 were active in the community for all or part of their infectious period. * Three workers in two Sydney aged… Read More »

Measuring the Impact of Antenatal Depression on the Fetal Brain Using Neuroimaging

Previous studies have observed that the children of depressed mothers are more likely to have delays in cognitive development, worse school performance, higher rates of behavioral problems, and deficits in social-emotional regulation.  Children of depressed mothers are also more likely to experience adolescent depression.   Most studies have understood these vulnerabilities to neurodevelopmental problems and psychiatric… Read More »