Difficult to predict timeline as duration of vaccine protection, social contact, and transmissibility play key roles, says expert. With much of the world still susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, experts predict the virus will become endemic. The Harvard T.H. Chan of Public Health asked immunologist
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The FINANCIAL — In academia, how often one’s work is cited is one of the most important factors impacting who receives promotions, awards, and grants. It purports to be a nonbiased metric of the significance of a scholar’s research and contributions to
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Structural inequality, family stress put African American youth at risk for elevated depressive symptoms Growing up can be hard.
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When putting a house on the market, who has the edge when it comes to selling for a profit? Chances are — unless you’re a full-time real estate investor — it’s not you.
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Mental health conditions and certain personality traits play a role in ‘phubbing’. Smartphones have made multi-tasking easier, more understandable, and at times compulsive. But in social settings, these devices can lead to a form of contemporary rudeness called phone snubbing, or phubbing, the
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British Reporter — Information about the most effective antibiotics to use in low and middle income countries (LMICs) for neonatal sepsis has been discovered uniquely combining epidemiological, genomic and pharmacodynamic data. The research could be applied to potentially save many lives globally
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British Reporter — A UK start-up is using satellite data to develop technology that will help the shipping industry reduce its CO2 emissions. 90% of everything we consume is moved by sea. As world trade continues to grow, there is an increasing number
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British Reporter — Leading Oxford climate scientists today insisted there can be no doubt that human-driven climate change is a fact and urgent action is needed, as the IPCC’s report is released showing emissions are driving up temperatures.
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British Reporter — Trade groups representing the world’s biggest oil and chemical companies have been opposing a ground-breaking new proposal to regulate toxic and persistent chemicals in microplastics, according to documents obtained by Unearthed, Greenpeace UK’s investigative platform, Greenpeace International notes.
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According to University of Pennsylvania, research from Angela Duckworth and colleagues found that teenagers who attended school virtually fared worse than classmates who went in person, results that held even when accounting for variables like gender, race, and socioeconomic status.
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