Satellite Air Pollution Data Shows Complex Links to U.S. Adult Asthma
A multilevel analysis across U.S. metropolitan areas found mixed associations between satellite-derived air pollutants and adult asthma prevalence.
Tag: urban health
Megacity Airsheds Extend Far Beyond City Limits
A new study finds that megacity airsheds extend far beyond municipal boundaries, exposing roughly 400 million people to pollution outside ...
New Framework Assesses Telehealth Equity in Two Australian Programmes
A new nine-dimension framework was applied to two Australian telehealth programmes to assess health equity across design, implementation, and evaluation.
Review Evaluates Dengue Emergence Risk and Mosquito Ecology in Tehran
An integrative review finds no evidence of established dengue transmission or persistent Aedes mosquito populations in Tehran, despite evolving environmental ...
Six paradigm shifts could redefine how Global South cities plan for sustainability
A new grand challenge article argues that sustainable urban planning in the Global South requires six paradigm shifts, from systems ...
Human-caused warming drove two-thirds of Europe’s 50,391 summer heat deaths in 854 cities
An estimated 50,391 heat-related excess deaths occurred across 854 European cities in summer 2026, with around two-thirds attributable to anthropogenic ...
Drug Use and Social Vulnerability Combine to Raise Health Risks for Street Youth in Indonesia
A prospective cohort study of 364 street-involved youth in Makassar, Indonesia, found that baseline drug use and high social vulnerability ...
Empathy at the core: a qualitative study of patient experience in an urban and rural emergency department setting
Interviews with 56 emergency-department patients found that empathy was the central influence on care experience across an urban academic center ...
Urban Schistosomiasis Persists in Salvador, Brazil, but Falls Sharply Over 13 Years
A 13-year longitudinal study in Salvador, Brazil, found that urban Schistosoma mansoni transmission is largely local and that community-wide prevalence ...
Dense Cities May Shield Their Poorest Residents From Diabetes, Israeli Study Finds
A study of 127 Israeli municipalities shows that the socioeconomic gradient in diabetes prevalence varies with population density, with denser ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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