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Tracking Flu Levels With Wikipedia
Apr. 17, 2014 — Can monitoring Wikipedia hits show how many people have the flu? Researchers have developed a method of estimating levels of influenza-like illness in the American population by analyzing Internet ... full story -
After Hurricane Sandy, Residents Support Government Mitigation, but Not Footing the Bill
Apr. 17, 2014 — Only a small fraction of New Jersey residents are willing to pay more to reduce the likelihood of severe damage from future hurricanes that hit the state. In trying to understand what attributes ... full story -
Infectious Diseases: High Disease Load at Conception Reduces Mortality of Children During Epidemics
Apr. 16, 2014 — Children who have been conceived during a severe epidemic are more resistant against other pathogens later in life. For the first time, this has been proved by researchers for the 18th century ... full story -
Researchers Question Emergency Water Treatment Guidelines
Apr. 16, 2014 — The Environmental Protection Agency's recommendations for treating water after a natural disaster or other emergencies call for more chlorine bleach than is necessary to kill disease-causing ... full story -
Researchers Propose Network-Based Evaluation Tool to Assess Relief Operations Feasibility
Apr. 16, 2014 — The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction reported that disasters have affected around 2.9 billion people worldwide from 2000-2012- killing more than a million, and damaging around 1.7 ... full story -
More Should Be Done for Female Parolees, Experts Say
Apr. 15, 2014 — As the female prison population grows, a new study says more should be done to help women probationers and parolees in poor urban areas remain crime-free. Probation and parole officers, case managers ... full story -
Tamiflu and Relenza: How Effective Are They?
Apr. 11, 2014 — Experts call on government and health policy decision makers to review guidance on use of Tamiflu in light of the most recent evidence. Tamiflu (the antiviral drug oseltamivir) shortens symptoms of ... full story -
New Towns Going Up in Developing Nations Pose Major Risk to the Poor
Apr. 10, 2014 — Satellite city projects across the developing world are putting an increasing number of poor people at risk to natural hazards and climate change, according to a new study. New towns often sit in ... full story -
How a Bird Flu Virus Spreads Could Prevent Pandemics
Apr. 10, 2014 — The H5N1 bird flu virus has killed hundreds of people, despite the fact that the virus can't spread easily between people. The death toll could become much worse if the virus became airborne. A ... full story -
Clusters of 'Broken Hearts' May Be Linked to Massive Natural Disasters
Mar. 27, 2014 — Dramatic spikes in cases of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also called broken heart syndrome, were found in two states after major natural disasters, suggesting the stress of disasters as a likely ... full story -
Untrained Volunteers May Do Harm as Well as Good During Disasters
Mar. 26, 2014 — In the immediate aftermath of hurricanes, floods and other disasters, it’s not uncommon for people to turn out in large numbers to assist victims, clear debris and chip in on dozens of other tasks ... full story -
DIY Vaccination: Microneedle Patch May Boost Immunization Rate, Reduce Medical Costs
Mar. 24, 2014 — There are many reasons some people may not get a flu shot, but would they be more likely to do so if there was a simple device that could be mailed directly to them, was easy enough to use by ... full story -
Are Health Departments Tweeting to the Choir?
Mar. 24, 2014 — The use of social media to disseminate information is increasing in local health departments, but a new study finds that Twitter accounts are followed mostly by organizations and may not be reaching ... full story -
Gear Up for Flood Risk This Spring
Mar. 19, 2014 — Flooding could be severe this spring. An emergency physician and disaster preparedness expert warns to be ready, saying that keeping informed is the key to staying safe during flooding events: know ... full story -
When the Flu Bug Bit the Big Apple, Twitter Posts Told the Tale
Mar. 18, 2014 — Sifting flu-related tweets can help track the illness at the local level, not just on a national scale, researchers have found. The finding is important because key decisions on how to prepare for ... full story -
Migration, Brain Drain in China: Shifting Slightly, but Still Going Strong
Mar. 13, 2014 — The brain drain of educated workers is still felt most severely in China's central and western provinces, since most knowledge-based industries are generally concentrated in its large coastal ... full story -
Europe's Resilience of Natural Gas Networks During Conflicts and Crises Probed With Maths
Mar. 12, 2014 — Gas networks in Eastern European countries, such as Ukraine and Belarus are less resilient than the UK during conflicts and crises, according to new research from mathematicians. A decentralized ... full story -
Urbanization Exposes French Cities to Greater Seismic Risk
Mar. 7, 2014 — French researchers have looked into data mining to develop a method for extracting information on the vulnerability of cities in regions of moderate risk, creating a proxy for assessing the probable ... full story -
Japanese Town: Half the Survivors of Mega-Earthquake, Tsunami, Have PTSD Symptoms
Mar. 6, 2014 — A new study shows that more than half the survivors in one Japanese town exhibited 'clinically concerning' symptoms of PTSD following the country's mega-earthquake and tsunami. ... full story -
What Makes Us Feel Vulnerable to Terrorism? Transportation Systems May Hold Answer
Mar. 6, 2014 — How do we perceive our vulnerability to terrorism? Is it through our sense of place, such as urban neighbourhoods where we live or offices where we work (as evidence has previously suggested); or is ... full story
- 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
- 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
- Government grants reduce HIV risks for teenage girls in South Africa
- The reality behind Europe's response to climate change
- Alberta plan fails to protect headwater havens for vulnerable wildlife
- Privately insured bariatric surgery patients lose more weight than government-subsidized
- New report focuses on interface of digital humanitarian groups, government
- Intervention helps older adults prepare for emergencies
- 0.3% of GPD would protect East Asia from climate change
- Medicare plans understate risky prescribing rates
- First-of-its-kind portable radar device: NASA, Homeland Security test disaster recovery tool
- Whale mass stranding attributed to sonar mapping for first time
- China's synthetic gas plants would be greenhouse giants
- Psychiatry study reveals need to identify, triage, and treat mental health disorders after disasters
- Women in large urban areas at higher risk of postpartum depression
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