Urgent work needed to tackle “substantial” digital health inequality, study recommends
Millions of people are suffering from digital health inequality because of poverty, experts have warned. A new study says urgent ...
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Inequality hotspot map shows where women in agriculture are hit the hardest by the climate crisis
Threats posed by the climate crisis disproportionally affect certain communities and social groups that are more exposed. People living in ...
Global experts in epidemiology warn that rising inequality multiplies cancer incidence
Credit: Laura M. Lombardía / CNIO. Elisabete Weiderpass, director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), pointed ...
Study seeks to explain widespread inequality for developing diabetes mellitus following gestational diabetes
September 5, 2023-- Racial and ethnic inequities in diabetes have been established following gestational diabetes, but these inequities are substantial ...
Still separate and unequal: How subsidized housing exacerbates inequality
For years, scholars, advocates and journalists have highlighted the ongoing racism and segregation in the housing market, yet a segment ...
The scale of emissions inequality in U.S. society
Researchers have linked US household income data to greenhouse gas emissions generated in creating that income, and found that 40% ...
COVID-19’s impact on socioeconomic inequality in health behaviors among Japanese adolescents
Key Findings Credit: KYAN Akira and TAKAKURA Minoru Key Findings This study is the first worldwide to investigate time trend ...
When local economic inequality is high, the rich tend to be more generous
Rich individuals living in communities with greater levels of economic inequality tend to be more generous with charitable giving and ...
Municipal administrators know about NbS but rarely use them to reduce environmental inequality
Initiatives involving nature-based solutions (NbS) are increasingly frequent in Europe and the United States, but still scarce in Brazil and ...
Great inequality in international athletics
Athletes from less affluent countries need more education on health to prevent injuries during hard training. But, paradoxically, more knowledge ...
Internet access must become human right or we risk ever-widening inequality
People around the globe are so dependent on the internet to exercise socio-economic human rights such as education, healthcare, work, ...
Racial health inequality in prostate cancer associated with facility-level disparities
Racial minorities in the United States are less likely to receive treatment for prostate cancer and, overall, have worse survival ...
Fighting bias with bias: same-race reviews reduce Airbnb booking inequality
ITHACA, N.Y. – White guests favor Airbnb properties with white hosts but are more inclined to rent from Black or ...
Racial bias in white children linked to beliefs about the causes of inequality, new study finds
White children who are exposed to larger racial inequalities in their daily lives and who see those inequalities as due ...
To reduce racial inequality in the criminal justice system, government should explore ways to reduce police stops, detention, and long sentences, says new report
TUNE IN: Members of the committee that wrote the report will discuss its findings and recommendations during a webinar starting ...
Inequality linked to differences in kids’ brain connections
Growing up in a socioeconomically disadvantaged household may have lasting effects on children’s brain development, a large new study suggests. ...
Gender inequality can predict high rates of child physical abuse
The challenges women in low- and middle-income countries face as they seek equal rights can cause distress—and some of them ...
Facebook and Instagram addiction in adolescents linked to inequality, international study of 179,000 children suggests
Adolescents from deprived backgrounds are more likely to report an addiction to Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other social media, according ...
Rising inequality risks regional collapse and climate catastrophe, experts warn in “Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity”
Left unchecked, rising inequality in the next 50 years will lead to increasingly dysfunctional societies, making co-operation to deal with ...
New method of measuring economic inequality could improve policy outcomes
Social scientists have urged policy-makers and governments to rethink how income inequality is measured. In a new study published in ...
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Meteorites likely source of nitrogen for early Earth
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‘Shocking’ discovery: Electricity from electric eels may transfer genetic material to nearby animals
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Scientists build tiny biological robots from human cells
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Elham Azizi vs. cancer: Fighting the disease with data, AI, and math
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New study identifies the greatest threat to wildlife across North America and Canada: people
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Pregnant women are missing vital nutrients needed for them and their babies – and situation could worsen with plant-based foods