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Data science/Epidemiology/Public health/Public policy/virology

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

Ronald D. Fricker
February 27, 2023

As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise globally, what lessons can we learn from examining excess deaths in the United States?

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Medicine and health/Mental health/Neuroscience/Public health

Role of disease-modifying therapies on employment among veterans with multiple sclerosis

Meheroz Rabadi
February 24, 2023

Can adherence to prescribed treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) improve employment rates among veterans with the disease?

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Digital inclusion for ethnic, elderly and disabled populations is key for social inclusion

Panayiota Tsatsou
January 4, 2023

How can we better include vulnerable populations in the digital domain and make more sense of their cultural and social specificities?

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Are young people active enough? Data from nine different sports in Finland

Kerttu Toivo
January 3, 2023

Sports club participation contributes strongly to accumulating the recommended amount of physical activity for good health.

Microbiology/Public health

Mobile microbes: mobile phones are five-star hotels for microbes and spread disease

Lotti Tajouri Rashed Alghafri Matthew Olsen Simon McKirdy
December 7, 2022

Mobile phones have become our figurative third hand, so what happens when we don't clean them regularly?

Development studies/Paediatrics/Public health

Children who live close to casinos have lower obesity risk, study finds

Chidirim Ndeche
November 30, 2022

Most communities are concerned about the negative effects of gambling, however casinos may also enhance social mobility and reduce poverty rates.

Development studies/Paediatrics/Public health/Sexual health

Contraception failure is rising in Bangladesh: a new threat for maternal and child health

Md Nuruzzaman Khan
November 4, 2022

Bangladesh's is experiencing an alarming increase in contraception failure, threatening the health of both mothers and children alike.

Environment/Epidemiology/Microbiology/Public health

Big poo, big data: what your poo says about you

Sanjeeb Mohapatra
September 28, 2022

Every day, humans flush away crucial data from their poop and pee. Scientists are now analysing this wastewater to unearth a wide spectrum of information about populations.

Medicine and health/Neuroscience/Public health

Social isolation increases risk of dementia

Chidirim Ndeche
August 26, 2022

A huge 12-year study involving 30,000 participants has demonstrated that social isolation and loneliness can lead to later dementia.

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