
By BY JULIE CRESWELL AND SHEILA KAPLAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2QK79q5


The strategy resulted in a 76% decrease in dengue transmission in a community in Indonesia that has frequent dengue outbreaks. Similar reductions were seen in an urban area near Rio de Janeiro, and around Nha Trang, Vietnam.
Researchers looked at 651 Canadian survivors to identify factors associated with what the researchers call complete mental health.
Researchers analyzed data gathered between 2001 and 2016 from 1.6 million students, aged 11 to 17, in 146 countries. They found that 81% of them did not meet World Health Organization recommendations for an hour of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity every day.