Fear of losing health insurance keeps 1 in 6 workers in their jobs
Black workers 50% more likely to stay in unwanted jobs than white workersCredit: West Health-Gallup Survey, March 2021 WASHINGTON, DC ...
Tag: Policy/Ethics
SMART evaluates impact of competition between autonomous vehicles and public transit
The study conducted in Singapore determined benefits of competition and the potential impact for future urban cities and transport systemsCredit: ...
A pediatric policy council plenary: The role of research in reducing gun violence
Credit: PAS A Pediatric Policy Council state of the art plenary session during the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2021 Virtual ...
Powering Discovery: A new expert panel report from the CCA
Research funders face a delicate balancing act amid limited resources and multiplying prioritiesCredit: Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) Research funding ...
Limited fishing zones support reef conservation
Credit: Kynan Hartog-Burnett / ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. A world first study within the Great Barrier ...
European coordination needed to fight science disinformation, academies say
In a new report, ALLEA, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, examines the potential of technical and ...
Care teams differ for Black, white surgical patients in the same hospitals
Could the makeup of medical teams help explain why Black patients are more likely than white patients to die after ...
Investigating vaccine hesitancy in Houston’s underserved communities
University of Houston researcher to develop culturally responsive vaccine education programCredit: University of Houston With COVID-19 vaccines more readily available ...
NYU Environmental Studies Professor Sonali Shukla McDermid named Carnegie Fellow
Credit: Mathew McDermid New York University's Sonali Shukla McDermid has been named an Andrew Carnegie Fellow, one of 26 selected ...
Benefits of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine outweigh its risks
Pausing AstraZeneca vaccinations because of suspected links to deadly blood clots could allow COVID-19 to continue to spread, cause more ...
IU researchers tackled the challenges of conducting intrastate policy surveillance
Credit: Ross Silverman The design, interpretation, and enforcement of county and municipal laws significantly affect local public health. But accessing ...
The first US population to experience drone delivery gives it a seal of approval
Credit: Virginia Tech The week of Thanksgiving last year, a postcard arrived in mailboxes in Christiansburg. A link to a ...
A growing problem of ‘deepfake geography’: How AI falsifies satellite images
Credit: Zhao et al., Cartography and Geographic Information Science A fire in Central Park seems to appear as a smoke ...
SMART breakthrough to enhance travel behavior research with artificial neural networks
Credit: Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Singapore, 19 April, 2021 - Researchers at the Future Urban Mobility (FM) ...
US power sector is halfway to zero carbon emissions
New Berkeley Lab study reviews progress towards a carbon-free power sectorCredit: Berkeley Lab Concerns about climate change are driving a ...
Research suggests SEC’s increasing focus on terrorism may limit financial oversight
When SEC asks companies about potential ties to terrorism, it catches fewer reporting errorsCredit: Ryan Gaucher/Duke University's Fuqua School of ...
Road salts and other human sources are threatening world’s freshwater supplies
UMD-led study warns cascading effects of salts require coordinated management and regulation to avoid contaminating natural resourcesCredit: Sujay Kaushal When ...
Policy decisions will affect coastal communities’ risk more than climate change
Credit: Steve Dundas, Oregon State CORVALLIS, Ore. - Coastal communities face increasing danger from rising water and storms, but the ...
Scientists put the stopwatch on cannabis intoxication
How long are you impaired after cannabis use? New analysis defines durations of impairment after inhaled or oral THC dosesCredit: ...
Dismantling white supremacy in public health
An analysis by Sirry Alang, associate professor of sociology and health, medicine, and society at Lehigh University, suggests a new ...