Ninety years after the Home Owners' Loan Corporation enacted the discriminatory practice of color-coding neighborhoods by desirability for mortgage lenders, redlined neighborhoods—areas inhabited largely by Black families—continue ...
Mar 16, 2023
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Texas needs to establish a state research institute to tackle a growing brain health crisis—which will contribute to healthier and more productive communities, according to a new report from Rice University's Baker Institute ...
Mar 8, 2023
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China's population shrank for the first time in decades last year as its birthrate plunged, official figures showed Tuesday, adding to pressure on leaders to keep the economy growing despite an aging workforce and at a time ...
Jan 17, 2023
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China reported two new deaths from COVID-19 on Monday, both elderly Beijing residents, as several major cities persisted with strict virus curbs despite a much-touted recent loosening.
Nov 21, 2022
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Chinese health officials gave no indication Saturday of any relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions, following several days of speculation that the government was considering changes to a "zero-COVID" approach that has stymied ...
Nov 6, 2022
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Researchers at Queen's University Belfast have designed a new bandage treatment, known as a scaffold, to treat diabetic foot ulcers, which is cost-effective while improving patient outcomes. Produced by 3D bioprinting, the ...
Oct 7, 2022
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Rising levels of obesity are set to cost the world economy 3.3 percent of GDP by 2060, slowing development in lower-income countries and making it hard for people to lead healthy lives, according to a new study published ...
Sep 21, 2022
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Evil spirits bedevil the families that seek blessings from an elderly Bangladeshi mystic—but he knows his prayers alone are not enough to soothe their troubled minds.
Sep 15, 2022
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Sustained low wages are associated with significantly faster memory decline, according to a new study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. While low-wage jobs have been associated with health outcomes such ...
Aug 2, 2022
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The same property of thalidomide that caused birth defects when it was given to pregnant women—the inhibition of blood vessel formation (anti-angiogenesis)—has led to an interest in thalidomide's therapeutic utility in ...
Jun 10, 2022
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