Getting vaccinated for COVID-19 measurably improved the psychological well-being of participants in the Understanding Coronavirus in America study, a large longitudinal look at the impact of the pandemic on individuals in the United States. Vaccination was associated with declines in distress and perceived risks of infection, hospitalization, and death. The study, appearing in the American Journal of […]
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New study explicitly links protection of water access with lower COVID-19 infection and death rates
Ann Arbor, MI, October 27, 2021 – A new analysis finds US states that prevented utilities from turning off water service to households that were behind on their payments during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced significantly lower rates of infection and death from the pandemic while the moratoria were in effect. The study in the American Journal of Preventive […]
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COVID-19 response and communications must be directed by public health officials, say experts
Philadelphia, March 23, 2020 – In the United States today, healthcare providers seem appropriately confused about present and future issues concerning coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In a commentary in The American Journal of Medicine, published by Elsevier, internationally recognized public health experts say that the current, incomplete totality of evidence provides cause for serious concerns, but more importantly […]
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Gun ownership in the U.S. linked to greater incidence of domestic homicides
Ann Arbor, July 22, 2019 – A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier, reveals a unique and strong association between firearm ownership and the risk of domestic homicides. For each 10 percent increase in household gun ownership rates, the findings show a significant 13 percent increased incidence of domestic […]
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One in 3 US veteran firearm owners keeps a gun loaded and unlocked
Ann Arbor, August 27, 2018 – One third of United States Armed Forces Veterans store at least one firearm loaded with ammunition and unlocked, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine that reports on the first survey of a nationally representative sample of this group regarding storage practices. Unsafe […]
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ISIL activity is not funded by oil, study suggests
Oxford, April 30, 2018 – Oil was never as important to ISIL terrorists as many thought, despite media reports of an oil-related income of as much as US $28 million a week, according to a new study in Energy Research & Social Science. This knowledge supports efforts to weaken terrorist organizations like ISIL, by first […]
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Geologic evidence is the forerunner of ominous prospects for a warming earth
PHILADELPHIA, PA, Oct. 16, 2017 – While strong seasonal hurricanes have devastated many of the Caribbean and Bahamian islands this year, geologic studies on several of these islands illustrate that more extreme conditions existed in the past. A new analysis published in Marine Geology shows that the limestone islands of the Bahamas and Bermuda experienced climate changes that were […]
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Agent Orange still linked to hormone imbalances in babies in Vietnam, study suggests
OXFORD, Sept. 27, 2017 – Exposure to Agent Orange sprayed during the Vietnam War has been linked to increased levels of certain hormones in women and their breastfeeding children decades later, potentially putting them at higher risk of health problems, according to a new study in Science of the Total Environment. Previous research has shown a […]
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To meet the Paris Agreement, northern leaders at COP22 should commit to paying for forest protection
Nov. 28, 2016 – The only way for northern countries to halt deforestation in the South is to make sure land owners are paid more than it costs them to conserve the forest. However, there is a fundamental contradiction in this policy, according to new research published in the Journal of Economic Theory. Deforestation in […]