Health

Study: Public transportation use linked to better public health

Promoting robust public transportation systems may come with a bonus for public health—lower obesity rates. A new study from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign compares data from two years to find that a single ...

Health

Higher mass transit use associated with lower obesity rates

Healthy mass transit systems could contribute to healthier communities, according to a new study by University of Illinois researchers that determined higher mass transit use was correlated with lower obesity rates in counties ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Big city, big worry: New Yorkers fret as bustling city slows

New Yorkers awoke Friday to find the coronavirus had left their famously bustling city with no Broadway, no basketball games, no big gatherings, and a populace unnerved by an ever-worsening crisis.

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