The rising costs of hospital care—among the major contributors to rising health care costs as a whole—can be alleviated by requiring hospitals to be more transparent on the prices of their services, according to a new ...
Mar 23, 2022
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Compared to US-born individuals, immigrants to the United States have increased financial worries—especially related to things like retirement and medical costs, reports a study in the March issue of the Journal of Psychiatric ...
Mar 10, 2022
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Physical distancing policies and particularly stay-at-home work mandates have proven highly effective at slowing the spread of the COVID-19 virus. But these measures have had numerous unwanted consequences, including dramatic ...
Feb 23, 2022
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South Korea said Wednesday it was dropping its vaunted "trace, test and treat" programme as a surge in Omicron cases threatens to overwhelm the country's healthcare system.
Feb 9, 2022
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Two years after COVID-19 emerged, researchers have provided three cost-effective actions to help decision-makers prevent future pandemics by stopping "spillover" of diseases from animals into humans: better surveillance of ...
Feb 4, 2022
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As the saying goes, "the sooner the better," and such is the case for the detection of kidney and urological diseases. Early detection is key, and may be achieved through the use of a dipstick urine test. Recently, researchers ...
Feb 4, 2022
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The number of babies born in China fell again last year, official data showed Monday, adding to pressure on the ruling Communist Party's ambitions to boost national wealth and influence with a workforce that has been shrinking ...
Jan 17, 2022
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What can a few rainy days teach us about the economics of combating the coronavirus pandemic? Quite a lot, as it turns out.
Dec 23, 2021
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A high vaccination rate is the foundation of any pandemic policy, but further protection is still needed. From an economic perspective, that protection comes from more investment in healthcare and air quality, which now seem ...
Dec 10, 2021
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The fight against obesity and undernourishment stalled during the COVID-19 pandemic, with over 40 percent of adults now obese or overweight, the world's leading independent assessment of the state of global nutrition has ...
Dec 2, 2021
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