Recent Work
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Study: Dementia Diagnoses Increased after Medicare Risk Adjustment
The change to Medicare Advantage payments could incentivize improvements in dementia detection, but also raises concerns about inappropriate overdiagnosis.
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Americans More Likely to Choose Vegan Food if Labeled ‘Healthy’ and ‘Sustainable’
A new USC study suggests that changing labels of vegan food to focus on health and environmental benefits may encourage people to eat less red meat and dairy.
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USC Receives Award to Improve Diversity and Efficiency of Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials
USC’s Clinical Trial Recruitment Lab pilots and evaluates innovative ideas to boost Alzheimer’s awareness and recruit more people of diverse backgrounds to clinical trials.
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COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Saved 2.4 Million Lives
The campaign could have saved about 670,000 more lives had the vaccines been distributed equitably, according to a working paper from the USC Schaeffer Center and Brown University.
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How Long Should Kids Isolate After They’ve Contracted COVID-19?
Children infected with the Omicron variant remained infectious for a median time of three days after testing positive for the virus, according to USC Schaeffer Center and Stanford researchers.
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