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Today you\u2019ll learn about a potential new treatment for those suffering from brain fog after Covid, how freemium models of mental health apps might cause you to be more stressed out, and how developments in creating a vaccine for fungal infections might make them a thing of the past!\xa0

Covid Brain Fog

• \u201cPotential New Treatment for \u201cBrain Fog\u201d in Long COVID Patients\u201d by Isabella Backman
  • https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/potential-new-treatment-for-brain-fog-in-long-covid-patients/
• \u201cClinical experience with the \u03b12A-adrenoceptor agonist, guanfacine, and N-acetylcysteine for the treatment of cognitive deficits in \u201cLong-COVID19\u201d\u201d by Arman Fesharaki-Zadeh et al.
  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667257X22001000

Freemium Failure\xa0

• \u201c"Money Doesn't Buy You Happiness": Negative Consequences of Using the Freemium Model for Mental Health Apps\u201d by Tessa Eagle et al.
  • https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3555155
• \u201cWhat Is Fleeceware & How to Prevent Fleeceware Scams in 2022\u201d by Ben Martens
  • https://www.safetydetectives.com/blog/what-is-fleeceware/#:~:text=Because%20fleeceware%20isn't%20technically,(often%20under%20a%20week).
• \u201cShould you agree to Apple\u2019s terms and conditions?\u201d by Karen Haslam
  • https://www.macworld.com/article/672571/should-you-agree-to-apples-terms-and-conditions.html

Fungal Vaccine\xa0

• \u201cNew vaccine targets life-threatening fungal infections\u201d by Leigh Beeson
  • https://news.uga.edu/new-vaccine-targets-fungal-infections/?utm_medium=social&utm_content=text_link&utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=news_release
• \u201cImmunogenicity and protective efficacy of a pan-fungal vaccine in preclinical models of aspergillosis, candidiasis, and pneumocystosis\u201d by Emily Rayens et al.
  • https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/1/5/pgac248/6798391?login=false
• \u201cFungal infections cost U.S. $6.7B in a year\u201d by Leigh Beeson
  • https://news.uga.edu/fungal-infections-cost-us-6b-a-year/

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