Several U.S. states have considered doing away with the practice of changing the clocks forward or back in favor of permanent Daylight Saving Time (DST), while experts around the world suggest permanent Standard Time is a ...
Jan 30, 2020
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The coronavirus kept a tight grip Monday on hard-hit Massachusetts, which added 1,000 new deaths in just five days as the pandemic peaks in the state.
Apr 27, 2020
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In the United States, motor vehicle accidents are a leading cause of injury and death, with 29 Americans losing their lives to alcohol-related driving incidents daily, and alcohol consumption is the single greatest contributing ...
Feb 22, 2019
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Government plans to increase the motorway speed limit in England and Wales will have adverse effects on health, outweighing any economic benefits, claims an editorial published in the British Medical Journal today.
Jan 6, 2012
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A new study by researchers in Boston Children's Hospital's Division of Emergency Medicine indicates that a nationwide standard on booster seat laws for children 4 feet 9 inches and shorter, or up to 8 years old, would save ...
Nov 5, 2012
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A new study by a Temple University Fox School of Business professor finds those who view their car as an extension of themselves have stronger aggressive driving tendencies.
Oct 17, 2011
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Americans aged 25 to 44—so-called millennials—are dying at significantly higher rates from three leading killers than similarly aged people just 10 years ago, the latest government data shows.
Nov 16, 2022
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Reading a newspaper article about the role alcohol played in an injury accident or violent crime makes people more supportive of enforcing alcohol laws, a new study suggests.
Feb 22, 2012
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Falls account for about half of all hiking accidents. With the support of the Austrian Science Fund FWF, a team led by Martin Faulhaber from the University of Innsbruck is currently investigating what makes hikers slip, trip ...
Jul 10, 2017
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High school student Adonis Tineo lay motionless in an overflowing emergency room on a recent afternoon after slamming his motorcycle into a truck laden with rice as he tried to pass a minivan.
Aug 12, 2013
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