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Scientists Question Rush to Build Nicaragua Canal
Mar. 4, 2015 — A consortium of environmental scientists has expressed strong concern about the impact of a controversial Central American canal across Nicaragua. The path of the Nicaragua Interoceanic Grand Canal ... full story -
Tools Can Identify Nations Vulnerable to Ebola and Aid Response, Analysis Finds
Mar. 3, 2015 — Ebola remains a serious problem in parts of West Africa and the experiences in affected areas may provide lessons for future public health emergencies. A set of tools newly created may help identify ... full story -
Hospitals Face Growing Active Shooter Threat in United States
Feb. 26, 2015 — The number of active shooter incidents in US hospitals has increased over the last decade to a frequency of more than one a month. In a new article, authors suggest that hospitals examine their ... full story -
Asian Tree Rings Explain Historical Plague Outbreaks in Europe
Feb. 24, 2015 — Climate-driven plague outbreaks in Asia were repeatedly transmitted over several centuries into southern European harbors, an international team of researchers has found. This finding contrasts the ... full story -
Airport Screening Misses Half of Disease Cases but Could Be Improved
Feb. 19, 2015 — Researchers have found that in order to be effective, the screening of passengers for disease at airports must be tailored to the outbreak in ... full story -
New Test Could Significantly Reduce Burden on UK Hospitals
Feb. 19, 2015 — A new test that rules out heart attacks in patients could reduce hospital admissions by as much as 40%, for patients with chest pain, according to ... full story -
Ebola Has Lessons for Local Health Departments' Role in Health Crises
Feb. 12, 2015 — Experience with the Ebola outbreak highlights local health departments' essential role in responding to global health threats posed by infectious diseases, according to a new ... full story -
More Expensive Emergency Care Does Yield Better Results
Feb. 5, 2015 — A unique research method reveals significant return on additional health care spending, a study concludes. "If the question is, 'Do high-spending hospitals get better outcomes for emergency ... full story -
Confidence in Government Linked to Willingness to Vaccinate
Feb. 2, 2015 — Confidence in government may play a key role in the public's willingness to get at least some vaccines, a new study suggests. The study found that people trusting the government's ability ... full story -
How Your Friends Might Help You Avoid Flu
Jan. 26, 2015 — A study of social networks has yielded clues about how best to improve vaccination rates for influenza. Influenza is a global health problem, affecting 3 to 5 million people a year and causing ... full story -
Model Explores Location of Future US Population Growth
Jan. 20, 2015 — Researchers have developed a population distribution model that provides unprecedented county-level predictions of where people will live in the US in the coming ... full story -
Breakthrough May Impact Flu Vaccination
Jan. 20, 2015 — An analysis of 10 years' worth of data on human influenza B viruses has shed new light on the pathogen which can cause the seasonal flu. Findings from this study could help make flu immunization ... full story -
Time to Rethink the Inner-City Asthma Epidemic?
Jan. 20, 2015 — Challenging the long-standing belief that city dwellers suffer disproportionately from asthma, the results of a new study of more than 23,000 U.S. children reveal that income, race and ethnic origin ... full story -
How Prepared Is Your Pilot to Deal With an Emergency?
Jan. 14, 2015 — Pilots receive extensive training on effectively handling emergency situations that may arise in the cockpit. However, during several recent airline incidents, the pilots neglected to apply the ... full story -
How to Predict Responses to Disease
Jan. 14, 2015 — Sometimes the response to the outbreak of a disease can make things worse -- such as when people panic and flee, potentially spreading the disease to new areas. The ability to anticipate when such ... full story -
Robots Learn to Use Kitchen Tools by Watching YouTube Videos
Jan. 13, 2015 — Robotic systems that are able to teach themselves have been developed by researchers. Specifically, these robots are able to learn the intricate grasping and manipulation movements required for ... full story -
Post-Earthquake Living Conditions in Haiti: Much-Needed Diagnosis
Jan. 12, 2015 — The earthquake that rocked Haiti on 12 January 2010 was one of the four greatest killers recorded worldwide since 1990. It smacked headlong into the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince, home to over ... full story -
Eliminating ACA Subsidies Would Cause Nearly 10 Million to Lose Insurance, Study Finds
Jan. 8, 2015 — The US. Supreme Court has agreed to decide a case this year that challenges whether it is legal to offer subsidies to low- and moderate-income people who purchase coverage through federally run ... full story -
Safety Concerns Over Lack of Support for Prison Officers' Mental Health
Jan. 6, 2015 — People working in prisons and in secure hospitals in the UK are at considerable risk of work-related stress, exhaustion and depression. This raises serious concerns for safety, researchers ... full story -
Drug Overdose Epidemic to Recede Soon, Experts Say
Jan. 6, 2015 — The drug overdose epidemic will peak at about 50,000 annual deaths in 2017 before declining to a non-epidemic state of approximately 6,000 deaths in the year 2035 -- at roughly the same rate seen ... full story
- Airport screening misses half of disease cases but could be improved
- New test could significantly reduce burden on UK hospitals
- Model explores location of future US population growth
- Breakthrough may impact flu vaccination
- Time to rethink the inner-city asthma epidemic?
- Safety concerns over lack of support for prison officers' mental health
- Drug overdose epidemic to recede soon, experts say
- More choice may lead to higher costs in ACA marketplaces, study finds
- Understanding how emotions ripple after terrorist acts
- The Jaws effect: Biting review finds shark policy based on movie myths
- Better biomonitor for children with asthma
- Health care lessons learned in the aftermath of September 11, 2001
- Without security, there can be no health care: Infectious disease challenges caused by the conflict in Syria
- Ebola a stark reminder of link between health of humans, animals, environment
- Many dialysis patients unprepared for emergencies, disasters
- ACA health insurance plans differ in cost, coverage and hospital access across Texas
- Opioid overdose: Cause for over two thirds of emergency department visits in 2010 in U.S.
- Satellite images shed light, or lack thereof, on the impact of the Syrian conflict
- Understanding the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in an urban context
- Where you live doesn't matter if you have heart disease, study finds
- Black Republicans put most faith in U.S. government
- One-third of foster kids returned to their family are abused again
- Taxi GPS data helps researchers study Hurricane Sandy's effect on NYC traffic
- Flu at the zoo and other disasters: Experts help animal exhibitors prepare for the worst
- Should the Japanese give nuclear power another chance?
- Survey: Texans share lessons learned as second enrollment period of ACA health insurance nears
- Renewing health insurance should take more than 15 minutes, specialist says
- Neglected tropical diseases: Looking at Ebola through a different lens
- Many older adults still homebound after 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
- Social trust eroded in Chinese product-tampering incident
- Helping outdoor workers reduce skin cancer risk
- Teachable moments about climate change
- U.S. releases enhanced shuttle land elevation data
- Food affected by Fukushima disaster harms animals, even at low-levels of radiation, study shows
- When rulers can't understand the ruled: Study finds significant gaps between Washington insiders, general Americans
- New way to predict hurricane strength, destruction
- Ebola paper demonstrates disease transmission rate
- Bioethicists call for greater first-world response to Ebola outbreak
- Too many kids with asthma, food allergies lack school emergency plans
- To admit or not to admit: Huge variation in hospitalizations from emergency room suggests opportunity to save billions
- Tweets during 2013 Colorado floods gave engineers valuable data on infrastructure damage
- Wide gap in compensation from '07 South Korean oil spill
- Health care workers in poor nations lack gear needed to protect from hiv and other bloodborne infections like ebola
- Flu outbreak provides rare study material
- Citizen scientists saving lives around deadly 'Throat of Fire' volcano
- Challenges faced by nurses in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
- Research to examine role of media in aftermath of crisis situations
- Engineers to simulate, model tornado winds, their effects on buildings
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