Demography

Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society (ACS), is celebrating Black chemists and chemical engineers with a special issue highlighting Black chemists who work across the fields of…

Unique analysis of US county-level data finds a strong association between jail incarceration and death rates at the county level from infectious diseases, chronic lower respiratory disease, drug use, and suicide; and to a lesser extent…

Small increase in deaths from COVID-19 more than offset by fewer deaths from other causes A new study involving researchers from the University of Oxford and the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) has examined…

A study of adults in the United States finds that - broadly speaking - the older you are, the more concerned you are about COVID-19, and the more steps you take to reduce your risk from COVID-19. The study suggests that the biggest boost…

QATAR GENOME RESEARCH CONSORTIUM investigators identify genetic associations with 45 clinically relevant traits in the Qatari populationCredit: Qatar Foundation Doha, Qatar - (February 23, 2021) - A group of researchers at…

Study on 4,000 children monitored over four years, finds children who felt their parents were empathic were less likely to commit serious crime A new study of nearly 4,000 school children has found that youngsters who feel they have…

Incorporating social and behavioral factors alongside biological mechanisms is critical for improving aging research, according to a trio of studies by leading social scientistsCredit: John Skalicky/USC A trio of recent studies…

A recent study of homeless preschoolers found a strong correlation between the bonds those children formed with teachers and the children's risk of behavioral and emotional problems. "It's well established that children who are homeless…

Several University of Illinois Chicago faculty members have addressed the issue of how to ethically conduct research with Black populations Several University of Illinois Chicago faculty members have addressed the issue of how to ethically…

Research published in the journal Scientific Reports, with prominent participation by the Centre for Research in Health and Economics (CRES-UPF) and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, has calculated the years of life lost…

What The Study Did: Using data from completed interventional vaccine trials from 2011 to 2020, researchers examined whether racial/ethnic minority groups, females and older adults were underrepresented in U.S.-based vaccine clinical…

The technology's potential benefits to detect breast cancer earlier are not equally shared across sub-populations of women, researchers find Women of minority races and ethnicities and with less education and income have had relatively…

Study based on 26.5 million Medicare records finds significant racial and ethnic disparities in uptake of seasonal flu vaccine in people living in the USA aged 65 years and older during the 2015-2016 flu season. Peer-reviewed |…

COVID-19 pandemic exposes flaws in American system for older adults in need in long-term services and supports The COVID-19 pandemic's heavy toll on older Americans highlights the need to strengthen the nation's safety net for people in…

Research finds economic performance directly related to number of cases Richer countries were more likely to see rates of COVID-19 fall faster during the first wave of the pandemic, according to new research published in the journal…

A new study conducted in collaboration between the universities of MinnA new study reveals that estrogen deficiency alters the microRNA signalling in skeletal muscleCredit: University of Jyväskylä. Menopause is associated with several…

Geography can become a root cause for inequality when cities are built in a way that fragments social networks.Credit: Nature Communications (18 Feb 2021); the authors of the paper Communities worldwide are trying to address…

African Americans have higher rates of prostate cancer and are more likely to die from the disease than other groups in the United States, likely due to socioeconomic factors, healthcare access problems, and tumor biology. A new review…

Patrik Marier and PhD student Daniel Dickson compare how US and Canadian workers handled outbreaks in long-term care facilitiesCredit: Concordia University The ongoing health disaster of the past 12 months has exposed the crises…

A new study published in the journal Science Advances shows that Bantu-speaking communities in the Congo rainforest underwent a major population collapse from 1600 to 1400 years ago, probably due to a prolonged disease epidemic, and that…