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The polarization of politics and public opinion and their effects on racial inequality in COVID mortality: evidence suggests that shrinking gap in US COVID-19 racial death disparities driven by political division and increasing total deaths among Whites rather than decreasing deaths among Blacks
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Researchers show that the same system in the brain that enables us to avoid danger is also activated during selfless, helping behaviour: “These results contradict the conventional wisdom that we need to suppress our own fear system in order to help others who are in danger”
news.ki.seSubmitted by giuliomagnifico t3_yjj3qn
Political ideology linked with COVID health outcomes. The higher the exposure to conservatism on each political metric, the higher the COVID-19 age-standardized mortality rates, even after adjusting for the district’s social characteristics, voters’ political lean, and vaccination rates
hsph.harvard.eduSubmitted by Wagamaga t3_yka2il
Deer-vehicle collisions spike when daylight saving time ends. The change to standard time in autumn corresponds with an average 16 percent increase in deer-vehicle collisions in the United States.The researchers estimate that eliminating the switch could save nearly 37,000 deer — and 33 human lives.
sciencenews.orgSubmitted by MistWeaver80 t3_yk7tjx
Blood sample tests for cardiac troponin proteins are an important tool in the diagnostics of heart attack, but the result may be elevated also due to other conditions. A newly developed test helps separate heart attack patients from others based on the size of the troponin molecules.
utu.fiSubmitted by universityofturku t3_yj60v0
Being a young man, religious, and with a high income, may make you more likely to gamble on sports, according to international research which also suggests that betting on sports, daily fantasy league play, and betting on e-sports all increase the risk of developing a gambling problem.
scimex.orgSubmitted by MistWeaver80 t3_yiw8cn
Study suggests that clinicians can offer gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues to transgender and gender-diverse adolescents during pubertal development for mental health and cosmetic benefits without an increased likelihood of subsequent use of gender-affirming hormones.
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