A large US study published by The BMJ today finds that fewer people die from COVID-19 in better vaccinated communities.
Apr 27, 2022
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The average prices charged to commercial health plans by hospitals, as compared to what Medicare pays, remained relatively stable between 2012 and 2019, but there was a large amount of geographic variation in the trends, ...
Apr 04, 2022
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(HealthDay)—National health care spending in 2020 increased 9.7 percent in the United States, according to a study published online Dec. 15 in Health Affairs.
Dec 17, 2021
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Spending on health goods and services grew by 1.8 percent to $202.5 billion during the 2019–20 financial year, which included the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, according to a new report by the Australian ...
Dec 17, 2021
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Twenty small towns in northern Italy's autonomous South Tyrol province went into a partial lockdown Wednesday to try to contain rising coronavirus infections and save the key winter tourism season in one of the least-vaccinated ...
Nov 24, 2021
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Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 million deaths across Africa in 2019, with household air pollution—driven largely by indoor cookstoves— accounting for 700,000 fatalities, while increased outdoor air pollution claimed ...
Oct 07, 2021
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A large cross-national survey of Europeans showed that managers were more likely than non-managers to report restless sleep. However, women managers reported better sleep quality in countries with greater gender empowerment, ...
Mar 17, 2021
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Richer countries were more likely to see rates of COVID-19 fall faster during the first wave of the pandemic, according to new research published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health.
Feb 18, 2021
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A goal of eliminating community transmission of the pandemic virus causing COVID‑19 is achievable and sustainable as a response strategy for COVID‑19 and other emerging pandemic diseases, new research suggests.
Dec 23, 2020
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There is no doubt the COVID-19 crisis has incurred widespread economic costs. There is understandable concern that stronger measures against the virus, from social distancing to full lockdowns, worsen its impact on economies.
Nov 26, 2020
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