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Urbanization of Rural Africa Associated With Increased Risk of Heart Disease and Diabetes
July 29, 2014 — The increasing urbanization of rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa could lead to an explosion in incidences of heart disease and diabetes, according to a new study carried out in Uganda that found that ... full story -
'Nuisance Flooding' an Increasing Problem as Coastal Sea Levels Rise
July 28, 2014 — Eight of the top 10 US cities that have seen an increase in so-called 'nuisance flooding' -- which causes such public inconveniences as frequent road closures, overwhelmed storm drains and ... full story -
Fukushima Accident Underscores Need for U.S. to Seek out New Information About Nuclear Plant Hazards
July 24, 2014 — A new congressionally mandated report concludes that the overarching lesson learned from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident is that nuclear plant licensees and their regulators must actively ... full story -
Safeguarding Belize's Barrier Reef With Conservation Drones
July 22, 2014 — Seeking to gain a high-tech edge over illegal fishers, the Government of Belize will use “eyes in the sky” to enforce fishing regulations in the biodiverse Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve and ... full story -
Control of HIV Pandemic Will Not Be Achieved Without Radical Improvement in Support for Sex Workers
July 22, 2014 — Across the world, in high- and low-income countries, women, men, and transgender people who sell sex are subjected to repressive and discriminatory law, policy, and practice, which in turn fuel human ... full story -
Storm-Triggered Landslides: Examining Causes of Devastating Debris Flow
July 21, 2014 — Storm-triggered landslides cause loss of life, property damage, and landscape alterations. For instance, the remnants of Hurricane Camille in 1969 caused 109 deaths in central Virginia, after 600 mm ... full story -
Is the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program Affordable?
July 17, 2014 — A examines the challenges in offering risk-based premiums and affordability of flood insurance through a case study of Ocean County, New Jersey, an area heavily damaged by Hurricane Sandy. The ... full story -
Researchers Assess Emergency Radiology Response After Boston Marathon Bombings
July 15, 2014 — An after-action review of one hospital's emergency radiology response to the Boston Marathon bombings highlights the crucial role medical imaging plays in emergency situations and ways in which ... full story -
Needs, Risks of Low-Wage Workers and the Impact on Public Health
July 11, 2014 — As low-wage jobs continue to show strong gains since the recession, research findings offer insight into how these jobs affect public health and the economy in Syracuse, N.Y., and reflect national ... full story -
Active Shooter Training Increases Comfort Level of Emergency Responders
July 10, 2014 — Emergency medical service responders felt better prepared to respond to an active shooter incident after receiving focused tactical training according to a new study. Incidents such as the Columbine ... full story -
How Twitter Can Be Used to Address Specific Health Issues
July 10, 2014 — A new study examined the use of the hashtag #childhoodobesity in tweets to track Twitter conversations about the issue of overweight kids. The study noted that conversations involving childhood ... full story -
Patient Patience and Pandemics: How to Keep Patient Choice Up, Stress Down in a Pandemic
July 7, 2014 — Allowing patients to choose which hospital they attend when suffering illness during a pandemic rather than assigning them to a specific healthcare facility could be inefficient, according to ... full story -
Satellites Reveal Possible Catastrophic Flooding Months in Advance
July 7, 2014 — Data from NASA satellites can greatly improve predictions of how likely a river basin is to overflow months before it does, according to new findings. The use of such data, which capture a much ... full story -
Water Bonus Flows from Climate Change Measures
July 7, 2014 — The equivalent of one-third of Melbourne's water use could be saved each year through the implementation of efficiency measures that deal with climate change, according to a new study. ... full story -
New Analysis of 'Swine Flu' Pandemic Conflicts With Accepted Views on How Diseases Spread
July 1, 2014 — New analysis of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic in the US shows that the pandemic wave was surprisingly slow, and that its spread was likely accelerated by school-age ... full story -
With Climate Change, Heat More Than Natural Disasters Will Drive People Away
June 30, 2014 — Increases in the average yearly temperature took a detrimental toll on people's economic well-being and resulted in permanent migrations, whereas natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes ... full story -
A Simple Solution for Big Data: New Algorithm Simplifies the Categorization of Data
June 26, 2014 — Categorizing and representing huge amounts of data -- we're talking about peta- or even exabytes of information -- synthetically is a challenge of the future. A research paper proposes an ... full story -
Downside to Disaster Relief: Why Do Photos of Attractive Children Backfire?
June 25, 2014 — When it comes to asking a stranger for help, being young, pretty, and the opposite sex greatly improve your odds. But when it comes to children suffering from the likes of natural disaster, poverty, ... full story -
Global Manufacturer Shows the Dark Heart of Nearshoring
June 25, 2014 — Nearshoring - the hottest new trend in global manufacturing - is based on the use of low-paid labor which can be exploited because it lacks unions to fight for it, an exhaustive study into working ... full story -
Emerging HIV Epidemics Among People Who Inject Drugs in the Middle East and North Africa
June 19, 2014 — HIV epidemics are emerging among people who inject drugs in several countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Though HIV infection levels were historically very low in the Middle East and North ... full story
- Fukushima accident underscores need for U.S. to seek out new information about nuclear plant hazards
- Safeguarding Belize's barrier reef with conservation drones
- Control of HIV pandemic will not be achieved without radical improvement in support for sex workers
- Active shooter training increases comfort level of emergency responders
- How Twitter can be used to address specific health issues
- Patient patience and pandemics: How to keep patient choice up, stress down in a pandemic
- Satellites reveal possible catastrophic flooding months in advance
- Water bonus flows from climate change measures
- Downside to Disaster Relief: Why Do Photos of Attractive Children Backfire?
- Global manufacturer shows the dark heart of nearshoring
- China today: Culprit, victim or last best hope for a global ecological civilization?
- Urban renewal improves health of neighbors in Barcelona
- Climate change at the movies
- Three years since Japan's disaster: Communities remain scattered and suffering
- Simple change to Medicare Part D would yield $5 billion in savings
- Hurricanes with female names more deadly than male-named storms
- Disaster planning: Risk assessment vital to development of mitigation plans
- Ten 'golden rules' of strategic flood management revealed by water scientists
- Who should be saved? Study gets diverse MD views on healthcare disaster planning
- Understanding 1918 flu pandemic can aid in better infectious disease response
- Mass vaccination campaigns reduce the substantial burden of yellow fever in Africa
- Study validates air sampling techniques to fight bioterrorism
- Climate change is affecting every region of the U.S. and key sectors of the economy, federal report finds
- Scientists challenge FIFA: Save the 3-banded armadillo
- Tracking flu levels with Wikipedia
- After hurricane Sandy, residents support government mitigation, but not footing the bill
- Infectious diseases: High disease load at conception reduces mortality of children during epidemics
- Researchers question emergency water treatment guidelines
- Researchers propose network-based evaluation tool to assess relief operations feasibility
- New towns going up in developing nations pose major risk to the poor
- How a bird flu virus spreads could prevent pandemics
- Extending terrorism insurance program could lower federal costs, study finds
- DIY vaccination: Microneedle patch may boost immunization rate, reduce medical costs
- Are health departments tweeting to the choir?
- Japanese Town: Half the survivors of mega-earthquake, tsunami, have PTSD symptoms
- What makes us feel vulnerable to terrorism? Transportation systems may hold answer
- Public defibrillator shortage helping to boost heart attack deaths away from hospital
- Insurance status may influence transfer decisions in trauma cases, study reveals
- Malagasy fishers support fishing regulations despite economic challenges
- Technology available to attend to mass casualties in nuclear disaster evaluated
- Los Angeles' vulnerability to future sea level rise projected
- Study of 2011 Illinois flood will lead to better preparedness
- Extreme weather images in the media cause fear and disengagement with climate change
- Finding common ground fosters understanding of climate change
- Outsmarting nature during disasters: Instead of winging it, planners need to think carefully about costs and benefits
- Understanding everything from family structure to trauma: New technology is yielding bigger data
- Indigenous response to natural disaster illuminated by study
- Drought contributed to Typhus epidemics in Mexico from 1655 to 1918, study shows
- First global evidence that foreign aid boosts public opinion
- Walking in their shoes: How fundraisers can boost donations
- Climate change threatens to cause trillions in damage to world's coastal regions if they do not adapt to sea-level rise
- The case for tele-emergency services
- Study: 39 percent of unemployed Americans seeking work for 6+ months
- 40 percent of minors in Lorca suffer post-traumatic stress a year after earthquake
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