Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Fake bus stop calms Swedish dementia sufferers who want to go home
In a Swedish nursing home, residents wait for a bus that never comes.
Oct 18, 2023
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Health
Citing growing evidence of harm, advocates call for faster replacement of diesel school buses
Health and environmental advocates today called on communities, school boards and governments at every level to accelerate the electrification of school buses, replacing tens of thousands of diesel-powered school buses spewing ...
Apr 27, 2023
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Neuroscience
Sprint then stop? Brain is wired for the math to make it happen
Your new apartment is just a couple of blocks down the street from the bus stop but today you are late and you see the bus roll past you. You break into a full sprint. Your goal is to get to the bus as fast as possible and ...
Jul 28, 2022
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Health
Residents enjoy better health after a switch to electric buses
The health of residents living alongside a bus route in Gothenburg, Sweden, became considerably better when hybrid buses were replaced by buses fully powered by electricity. Along with the noise levels there was a reduction ...
Apr 27, 2022
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Health
Study shows any contact with police may be detrimental to health, well-being of Black youth
Marques Watts, 18, remembers his first encounter with police at the age of 13, when he was in eighth grade. Visiting his father, who lived in Skokie, Illinois, Watts was walking to Dunkin' Donuts with his headphones on listening ...
Nov 16, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How readily does COVID-19 spread on school buses?
Although in-school transmission of COVID-19 among K-12 students is low when safeguards are in place, the risk of acquiring COVID-19 during school bus transportation is unclear. A study published in the Journal of School Health ...
Jul 21, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
'A collective trauma': Asian Americans confront mental health crisis amid rise of racist attacks
Eric Yung and his aunt, Patricia Lee, have seen a lot from their vantage point at Union Square Flowers, the stand they run just off Market Street in San Francisco. But last month, when the two saw a man rush by with a large ...
Jun 7, 2021
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Health
Finland plans stricter smoking rules, unbranded cigarettes
Finland is seeking to tighten its already tough restrictions on public smoking and tobacco advertising in the next few years, in line with the national goal to phase out the habit almost completely by 2030.
Apr 27, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New York to increase testing of public transit workers
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Tuesday it is embarking on a first-in-the-nation testing program to test thousands of workers weekly to guard against a second wave of the coronavirus.
Oct 27, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC: 'Strong recommendation' but no rule for masks on planes
The government's top public health agency is raising the importance of wearing face masks on planes, trains and buses, although the Trump administration has resisted making masks mandatory for travelers.
Oct 20, 2020
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Bus
A bus (archaically also omnibus, multibus, or autobus) is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus seat a maximum of 8 to 300 passengers. Buses are widely used public transportation.
The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses. A luxury bus is called a coach. A bus is powered by a combustion engine, although early buses were horse drawn and there were experiments with steam propulsion. Trolleybuses use overhead power lines. In parallel with the car industry bus manufacturing is increasingly globalised, with the same design appearing around the world.
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