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LAUSD will restart in-person instruction in less than two weeks. Aviva Alvarez-Zakson, a world history and ethnic studies teacher at LAUSD’s Hamilton High, is anxious about going back to the job.

The past 18 months have been intense and traumatic for everyone – and no profession has been affected more than nursing.

By the summer of 2018, she was in a psychiatric treatment center somewhere in Utah, inside a room where the door didn’t close, voluntarily admitted yet not free to leave, the words of her doctors still fresh in her head. PTSD, they said.

"What we all went through that day was traumatic, and if you are hurting, please take advantage of the counseling services that are available to us." Editor's Note: If you or a loved one have contemplated suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or text TALK to 741741.

The artistic swimming world has long known it has a brain injury problem, but nobody knew how extensive it was. 

He was hit in the head with a metal pole during the melee and afterward, his wife said, he seemed to slip into a deep depression. He was ordered back to work eight days later, but he never made it.

Studies have found many who recovered from COVID experience cognitive decline.

Veterans with a history of mild traumatic brain injury showed vast improvement in cognitive function after 12 weeks using an online brain game program, according to a study published in the journal Brain on Tuesday.

Relatable jokes about trauma can help people feel less alone, but questions remain over how therapeutic they can truly be

The study, which was led by researchers at Imperial College London, U.K., and was published in the journal Brain Communications, found reductions in the volume of white matter in around 50 percent of the group of elite players.

With new cases of Covid-19 surging in most of the US — driven by unvaccinated Americans and fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant — hospitals are bracing for another round of devastation.