Small, close-knit communities are at high risk for rapid, intense COVID outbreaks especially if they haven't yet experienced outbreaks of COVID-19, shows a new study by the University of Oxford and Northeastern University, ...
Oct 6, 2020
0
30
Cities are vibrant centers of modern life, tied together by dense and diverse networks of socioeconomic interactions. But the sorts of connections that foster creativity and innovation in cities now threaten to spread the ...
Apr 1, 2020
0
1
Death rates from chronic conditions like lung disease and cardiovascular disease and so-called "diseases of despair" such as opioid overdoses are known to be higher in rural areas than in large cities, with differing economic, ...
Jun 8, 2021
0
6
Brazil on Saturday became the second country after the United States to surpass 500,000 COVID-19 deaths as the South American giant grapples with a third wave of the pandemic.
Jun 20, 2021
0
5
Retailers are openly flouting the ban on tobacco sales near schools in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province in South-Central China, reveals research published online in the journal Tobacco Control.
Jul 25, 2016
0
3
Influenza pandemics cause a persistent increase in influenza mortality risk, lasting around two decades, according to new research that analyzed historical data from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Jun 12, 2023
0
2
(HealthDay)—American women are having fewer children, and they're having them later in life, a new government report shows.
Oct 17, 2018
0
0
A multidisciplinary analysis by a group of Brazilian scientists, published online in the journal Scientific Reports on June 21, 2021, found that three major factors account for the geographic spread of SARS-COV-2 across Brazil, ...
Jun 21, 2021
0
4
Some 20 million French people are preparing to spend their first evening under curfew on Saturday, a measure taken by the government after an alarming surge in new coronavirus cases.
Oct 17, 2020
0
1
After 34 people were killed in mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, this past weekend, bipartisan legislation for universal background checks is gaining traction in the US Senate. Now, a Boston University School ...
Aug 7, 2019
1
1
