A study of more than 31,000 Kaiser Permanente members in Southern California showed that Black patients from disadvantaged neighborhoods were significantly more likely to die within 5 years of surviving a heart attack than ...
Aug 2, 2021
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Relaxing COVID-19 restrictions could pave the way for new vaccine-resistant virus mutations—according to researchers at the University of East Anglia and the Earlham Institute.
Jul 28, 2021
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A new study published in The Lancet Global Health showed that establishing safe nurse staffing standards in hospitals in Chile could save lives, prevent readmissions, shorten hospital stays, and reduce costs.
Jul 6, 2021
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A U of A researcher and international colleagues found that employed individuals, on average, are 35.3 percent more likely to be infected with the flu virus.
Jun 30, 2021
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While the LGBTQ+ community has seen significant advancements in legal rights, political representation and social acceptance over recent years, mental and physical health disparities still exist for queer Americans—and ...
Jun 21, 2021
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Leaders deciding how to contain COVID-19 most effectively should use multiple different mathematical models together in policy design instead of just one, according to new research.
Jun 15, 2021
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The relationship between politics and public health is increasingly evident as governments throughout the world vary in their acceptance and implementation of technical guidance in the response to the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) ...
Jun 3, 2021
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As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of the world last spring, many nations enacted similar lockdown policies intended to restrict movement and halt transmission—yet some countries fared far better than others.
May 6, 2021
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Private equity investment in hospitals has grown substantially in the 21st century, and it accelerated in the years leading up the COVID-19 pandemic. Now a new study of short-term acute care hospitals acquired by private ...
May 5, 2021
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Three months before it hosts the Olympics—the biggest international event since the pandemic began—Japan has fully vaccinated less than one percent of its population in a cautious, slow-moving programme.
Apr 23, 2021
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