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Strict COVID-19 lockdown policies helped reduce air pollution levels and death rates in Europe

Strict COVID-19 lockdown policies such as workplace closures in European cities reduced levels of air pollution and the number of associated deaths, according to new estimates published in Nature's Scientific Reports.

27 Jan 2022

Study shows direct relation between mental health problems and climate change-related weather events

Last summer's Western North American heat dome caused more than record-breaking temperature increases - rising anxiety about climate change is reported in a new study on the weather event's impact on our mental health.

25 Jan 2022

Study determines how genetics and environmental conditions interact during plant development

Iowa State University scientists have harnessed data analytics to look "under the hood" of the mechanisms that determine how genetics and changing environmental conditions interact during crucial developmental stages of plants.

25 Jan 2022

U.S. EPA and WHO sign agreement protect the public from health risks of pollution

This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and World Health Organization signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding.

22 Jan 2022

Hidden information is an important cause of pollution exposure among low-income communities

A lack of information is an often overlooked but important cause of pollution exposure among low-income households or communities of color, according to University of Michigan researchers.

19 Jan 2022

New method reverses insecticide resistance using CRISPR/Cas9 technology

Insecticides play a central role in efforts to counter global impacts of mosquito-spread malaria and other diseases, which cause an estimated 750,000 deaths each year. These insect-specific chemicals, which cost more than $100 million to develop and bring to market, also are critical to controlling insect-driven damage on crops that poses a challenge to food security.

18 Jan 2022

Earth BioGenome Project moves from pilot projects to full-scale sequencing

A global effort to map the genomes of all plants, animals, fungi and other microbial life on Earth, is entering a new phase as it moves from pilot projects to full-scale production sequencing.

18 Jan 2022

How has COVID-19 Impacted our Economy?

In this interview, News-Medical talks to Professor Adam Rose and his research team about how direct behavioral responses to COVID-19 have impacted the US economy.

14 Jan 2022

Study reveals stark disparities in air pollution exposure among racial/ethnic, income groups in the U.S.

Certain groups in the U.S.—Blacks, Asians, Hispanics, Latinos, and low-income populations—are being exposed to higher levels of dangerous fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) than other groups, according to new research from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

13 Jan 2022

Swapping single food item for a more planet-friendly alternative could reduce diet's carbon footprint

If your New Year's resolution is to eat better for the planet, a new Tulane University study finds it may be easier than you think.

13 Jan 2022

Health burden from fish smoking possibly impacts millions of workers in coastal Africa

Millions of workers in coastal Africa—most of them women—spend their days preserving fish by smoking them in rudimentary, wood-fired mud ovens.

12 Jan 2022

Safe drinking water may be out of reach for almost 400,000 Californians, analysis reveals

An estimated 370,000 Californians rely on drinking water that may contain high levels of the chemicals arsenic, nitrate or hexavalent chromium, and contaminated drinking water disproportionately impacts communities of color in the state, according to a new analysis led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Los Angeles.

11 Jan 2022

International approaches to tackling food fraud

In this interview, we spoke to key members of the Food Authenticity Network to find out more about the increasing problem of food adulteration and the collaborations being made to address it.

From Bruker BioSpin Group 11 Jan 2022

Rising temperatures lead to increased prevalence of Vibrio bacteria in UK waters

Rising temperatures are causing a "growing diversity" of Vibrio bacteria in the sea around the UK, new research shows.

10 Jan 2022

Warming planet may increase the burden of kidney stone disease on healthcare systems

Rising temperatures due to climate change will lead to an increase in cases of kidney stones over the next seven decades, even if measures are put in place to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

10 Jan 2022

New evidence supports the link between growth-induced respiratory stress and fish reproduction

A consistent metabolic ratio found across 133 Chinese marine and freshwater fish species provides new evidence in support of the idea that fish become sexually active – and spawn for the first time – in response to growth-induced respiratory stress.

7 Jan 2022

More trusting societies achieve a faster decline in coronavirus infections and deaths

Countries where people have more trust in each other have been more successful in bringing down waves of coronavirus cases and deaths, a new study shows.

6 Jan 2022

Study reveals how online misinformation 'ticks' and suggests new strategy to stop it

Parenting communities on Facebook were subject to a powerful misinformation campaign early in the COVID-19 pandemic that pulled them closer to extreme communities and their misinformation, according to a new study published by researchers at the George Washington University.

3 Jan 2022

Orphanhood decreases with the availability of antiretroviral therapy and male circumcision

Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found marked decreases in orphanhood particularly double orphanhood, among adolescents in Rakai, Uganda, corresponding with the availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART) beginning in 2004 and of male medical circumcision in 2007.

30 Dec 2021

New models needed to radically shift the food system

According to the paper titled Enacting theories of change for food systems transformation under climate change, published in Global Food Security, food systems are responsible for a third of global greenhouse gas emissions from human activity, and agricultural yields are at risk due to climate change impacts.

23 Dec 2021