Tag: Public health
Giving people money with no strings attached is good for their...
Sze Yan Liu, Montclair State University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
Bird flu is killing millions of chickens and turkeys across the...
Yuko Sato, Iowa State University
An outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in chicken and turkey flocks has spread...
Surprise – your kids may be nervous about ditching the mask
Elizabeth Englander, Bridgewater State University and Katharine Covino-Poutasse, Fitchburg State University
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued...
Medical technologies have been central to US pandemic response – but...
Eyal Oren, San Diego State University
Before COVID-19, there was tuberculosis. Twentieth century British physician Thomas McKeown controversially proposed...
The US is making plans to replace all of its lead...
Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI
The Biden administration has released a plan to accelerate removal of lead water pipes and lead...
A century of tragedy: How the car and gas industry knew...
Bill Kovarik, Radford University
On the frosty morning of Dec. 9, 1921, in Dayton, Ohio, researchers at a General...
The US was not prepared for a pandemic – free market...
Elanah Uretsky, Brandeis University
It’s unclear when the pandemic will come to an end. What may be an even...
Yes, we should be keeping the healthier hand-washing habits we developed...
Melissa Hawkins, American University
People were washing their hands so much early in the pandemic that sensitive skin and soap shortages were common problems in...
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Why does my phone battery die so fast?
Steve W. Martin, Iowa State University
Why do batteries die? And, why can they only be recharged so many times before they won’t hold a...
