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Phys.org / Direct flights drive multinational firm growth in globally connected cities
Waiting in an airport for a connecting flight is often tedious. A new study by MIT researchers shows it's bad for business, too.
Medical Xpress / COVID-19 still claims more than 100,000 US lives each year
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers report national estimates of 43.6 million COVID-19-associated illnesses and 101,300 deaths in the US during October 2022 to September 2023, plus 33.0 million illnesses ...
Medical Xpress / 'Very high' levels of flu reported in Florida: What to know
South Florida doctors are seeing more people with cough, fever and other flu-like symptoms as a rapidly spreading influenza strain circulates across the country this winter.
Medical Xpress / Hidden heartache of losing an animal companion
The emotional toll of losing a beloved pet during the COVID-19 pandemic has been revealed in an international study, revealing that grief for animals is often profound, enduring and still widely misunderstood.
Phys.org / Report: After more than 2 years of war, Palestinian children are hungry, denied education and 'like the living dead'
More than two years of war in Gaza have left many Palestinian children too weak to learn or play and convinced they will be "killed for being Gazans," a new report warns. The University of Cambridge-led study also includes ...
Medical Xpress / Reductions in federally recommended childhood vaccines put Minnesota health officials in a bind
On Jan. 5, federal health care officials cut the number of vaccines recommended for every child, reaffirming the need to immunize children against 11 infectious diseases such as measles but leaving families to decide whether ...
Medical Xpress / Illinois moves to 'very high' flu levels, as federal government decides to no longer recommend flu vaccine for kids
Illinois is now at "very high" levels for flu activity—a designation that coincides with the federal government's decision to no longer recommend many vaccines for children, including the flu vaccine.
Medical Xpress / Touch-free health monitoring could breathe new life into health diagnostics
A new development in wireless sensing technology that can reliably screen for five common pulmonary diseases could lead to new forms of touch-free diagnostics.
Medical Xpress / CDC urges 'shared decision-making' on some childhood vaccines; many unclear about what that means
On Jan. 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dramatically reduced the number of recommended childhood vaccinations from 17 to 11, citing practices in other wealthy nations, including Denmark, Germany, and ...
Tech Xplore / EV sales rebound in Germany as Chinese brands make inroads
Electric vehicle sales rebounded strongly in Germany in 2025, official data showed Tuesday, with Chinese manufacturers making inroads from a low base in the EU's largest economy despite tariffs.
Tech Xplore / UK electric car sales hit record high in 2025: industry
All-electric vehicles accounted for nearly one quarter of new cars sold in the UK last year, a record high, industry data showed Tuesday, as Britain phases out combustion engines.
Medical Xpress / Bats identified as origin of unexplained acute respiratory illness and encephalitis in Bangladesh
Infectious disease researchers have identified Pteropine orthoreoviruses (PRVs), a group of newly emergent bat-borne viruses, as the culprit for previously unexplained illness in five Bangladeshi patients, one of whom eventually ...
