Epidemic of firearm injury spurs new wave of research
Fifty-five years ago, America’s death toll from automobile crashes was sky-high. Nearly 50,000 people died every year from motor vehicle
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How does your brain process emotions? Answer could help address loneliness epidemic
Research over the last decade has shown that loneliness is an important determinant of health. It is associated with considerable
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Greater mosquito susceptibility to Zika virus fueled the epidemic
The Zika virus has spread around the world over the last decade, causing millions of infections, some of which have
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New epidemic modelling facilitates assessment of pandemic strategies
The NordicMathCovid project aims to model corona and future epidemics more extensively than has been previously attempted. It also builds
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Zika infections drastically underreported during 2015 epidemic
More than 100 million infections of Zika virus within Central and South America and the Caribbean went undetected between 2015
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Look beyond opioids to solve national substance use epidemic, study suggests
Overcoming the nation’s opioid epidemic will require clinicians to look beyond opioids, new research from Oregon Health & Science University
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Coronavirus lessons from when the 1937 polio epidemic delayed school reopenings
In September 1937, the Toronto Daily Star and the Globe and Mail began publishing lessons for high school students who
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Researchers find promising therapy to fight epidemic of liver disease
In an effort to combat a growing worldwide epidemic of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), scientists have discovered a new
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Why COVID-19 could make the overdose epidemic worse
When Alberta’s chief medical officer, Deena Hinshaw, announced special exemptions to COVID-19 regulations for group therapy in residential addiction treatment
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Trump says US can avoid major epidemic as virus spreads
Credit: CC0 Public Domain President Donald Trump has played down fears of a major coronavirus outbreak in the United States,
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