COVID-19 could spell the end of an egalitarian National Health Service
A return to the principles of equality and universality of care that informed the NHS 70 years ago could be ...
Tag: Policy/Ethics
Stirling receives £1.2 million to study global sustainability
Credit: University of Stirling A new £1.2 million project - led by the University of Stirling - is aiming to ...
Segregation and local funding gaps drive disparities in drinking water
Ongoing legacies raise risk that many US community water systems can't cope with future droughtCredit: Megan Mullin, Duke University DURHAM, ...
Why relying on new technology won’t save the planet
Credit: Lancaster University Overreliance on promises of new technology to solve climate change is enabling delay, say researchers from Lancaster ...
UMass Amherst team develops COVID-19 forecast hub
Ensemble modeling offers more accurate infectious-disease projectionsCredit: UMass Amherst The Influenza Forecasting Center of Excellence team at the University of ...
Earth Day alert to save our frogs
Study warns of amphibian conservation shortfallsCredit: Kate Mason With climate action a theme of Earth Day 2020 (22 April 2020), ...
AJR review of COVID-19 studies cautions against chest CT for coronavirus diagnosis
Regarding sensitivity, specificity, and clinical practice, CT should be reserved for evaluation of complications of COVID-19 pneumonia or for assessment ...
UMD researchers find that incentive-based tariffs aren’t the way to control invasive pests
Researchers find that in order to see measurable impacts, tariffs would risk diplomacy and cost US consumers about $38 million ...
Guide for COVID-19 remote consultation by primary carers designed by NTU Singapore scientist & peers
Credit: NTU Singapore Primary care health workers now have a guide for conducting remote consultation of suspected COVID-19 patients, developed ...
Immigrant Japan: understanding modern Japan through the lives and minds of migrants
In a new book, interviews of over 200 migrants in Japan give a glimpse of what life is like for ...
Livestock and poultry farming should be the future focus of agricultural ammonia emissions control
Credit: Jiayu Huang As the only alkaline gas in the atmosphere, ammonia can react with sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides ...
Data visualization tool examines community factors underlying COVID-19 outcomes
Updated daily, app shows how disparities in community conditions affect health outcomesCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- A new ...
The cost of changing lives and the face of medicine
Credit: World Scientific Never in modern history has the need for medical research been clearer, with COVID-19 roaring just outside ...
Curbing the rising toll of adults with complex care needs
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (April 6, 2020) - Data show that the number of people with clinically complex health and ...
New CT scoring criteria for timely diagnosis, treatment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Updated CT scoring criteria from AJR considers both lobe involvement and changes in CT findings to quantitatively and accurately evaluate ...
World academies call for global solidarity on COVID-19 pandemic
The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) urges countries to collaborate, use and share science-based information, and help the developing worldCredit: Illustration of ...
In politics and pandemics, trolls use fear, anger to drive clicks
Fake Facebook ads placed by Russians in 2016 earned 9 times more clicks than typical adsCredit: Courtesy: Chris Vargo/CU Boulder ...
Census 2020: Understanding the Issues
Springer book covers the US Census from its Constitutional founding through the upcoming 2020 count, discusses the unique significance of ...
Beyond your doorstep: What you buy and where you live shapes land-use footprint
Credit: Courtesy of Lin Zeng, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering In recent years, the attention of scientists and environmentalists ...
Public health leadership paramount to emerging coronavirus pandemic
Credit: Florida Atlantic University For decades, public health officials have directed the containment of emerging pandemics - perhaps most notably ...