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Medical Xpress / Children who travel further for common surgery have more complications and longer hospital stays
Nearly one in eight children undergoing a common inpatient surgical procedure lived more than 60 miles (97 kilometers) from the hospital where they received care. These children had higher odds of complications, longer hospital ...
Phys.org / New study shows COVID value-added tax cut significantly boosted private consumption
In summer 2020, the German federal government lowered value-added tax from 19% to 16% for half a year as part of its COVID economic stimulus package. A new study, recently published in the journal Review of Economic Studies, ...
Phys.org / Study finds links between bacteria in wastewater and chronic disease
Bacteria found in wastewater may provide clues about community health, including rates of chronic disease, health behaviors and social conditions, according to a recent study from The Ohio State University.
Medical Xpress / Norovirus No. 1 cause of cruise ship outbreaks for past 30 years, but other pathogens gaining
The gastrointestinal (GI) pathogen norovirus was the leading cause of infectious-disease outbreaks on cruise ships over the past 57 years, but respiratory pathogens such as influenza and SARS-CoV-2 also emerged as important ...
Medical Xpress / What are biomarkers? How doctors assess health and pooling people's cells reveals new markers—a biologist explains
A family of five is exposed to the flu virus, but only two of them get sick. A lifelong chain-smoker lives 100 years, while a professional athlete in their prime dies of an unexpected heart attack. A drug fails a clinical ...
Phys.org / Heat-trapping carbon pollution drops, but scientists cite the Iran war rather than energy progress
Global carbon pollution dropped this year ever so slightly, but it's more because of oil shocks reverberating from the Iran war than anything the world has done to fight climate change, scientists said in a new study.
Phys.org / Fossil CO₂ emissions projected to decrease in 2026 amid clean energy growth and Iran conflict
Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to decrease by 0.4% in 2026—driven by expansion of solar and wind power and the Iran conflict—according to new research by the Global Carbon Project. The 2026 edition ...
Medical Xpress / Slow hands, quiet nights? Tai chi and a matched exercise class nudged sleep about equally in older men after cancer
Sleep disturbances affect up to 60% of people after primary cancer treatment, and they are often waved away as the price of treatment, or of age. For older men in particular, science has had little to offer. Most research ...
Phys.org / El Niño 2026–27 as a polycrisis: What happens when health and energy systems fail simultaneously?
Open any news feed from the past few months, and the disasters arrive in a stream: smoke reaching dangerous levels throughout Canada and flash floods in Ottawa, Montréal and Toronto; heat and drought arriving together on ...
Medical Xpress / Community CPR and EMS intervention program did not increase survival after cardiac arrest
A comprehensive emergency medical services and community-based educational intervention in North Carolina focused on recognizing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and actions needed quickly to increase bystander CPR and use ...
Medical Xpress / COVID-19 tracing apps had limited impact as governments failed to integrate them, review finds
Digital contact-tracing applications had only a limited effect on COVID-19 transmission during the pandemic, according to a paper published in the International Journal of Services, Economics and Management. It was suggested ...
Phys.org / Why demand persists for the horn of a once near-extinct antelope
Family traditions, misconceptions about where it comes from, and a belief that remedies sold in shops are government-approved help explain continued demand for saiga antelope horn in Singapore, according to a University of ...
