A new study investigates whether COVID-19 lockdowns and vaccines complement or substitute each other, offering insights to policymakers about optimizing public health and economic outcomes.
May 16, 2023
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A multidisciplinary group of tuberculosis experts from the TBnet and RESIST-TB networks have reached a consensus on key issues related to the molecular prediction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antibiotic sensitivity or resistance ...
Apr 14, 2023
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Mental health problems such as depression are most common in the hospitality and real estate sectors, but—at least prior to the COVID-19 pandemic—were on the increase across the board, according to new research.
Feb 14, 2023
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In Spain we suffered one of the strictest lockdowns in the world in response to the COVID pandemic. For a time, we were only allowed to go to the supermarket, the bank and the pharmacy. Children didn't leave their homes for ...
Nov 3, 2022
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Smoking isn't only costly in terms of health risks, it also cost the U.S. economy $891 billion in 2020.
Sep 29, 2022
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A new report shows that pollution was responsible for 9 million deaths in 2019—equivalent to one in six deaths worldwide—a number virtually unchanged since the last analysis in 2015.
May 17, 2022
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A recent study indicates that a U.S. ban on the use of tanning beds among minors would prevent thousands of cases of melanoma in adolescents and would save millions of dollars in healthcare costs. The findings are published ...
Apr 12, 2021
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The number of adults living with obesity could rise dramatically unless robust measures are implemented to halt childhood obesity.
Jan 25, 2021
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As worldwide obesity rates continue to soar, new research shows that growing numbers of people are developing a potentially blinding type of weight-linked headache that was once considered rare.
Jan 22, 2021
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Air pollution in India resulted 1.67 million deaths in 2019—the largest pollution-related death toll in any country in the world—and also accounted for $36.8 billion (US) in economic losses, according to a new study led ...
Dec 22, 2020
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