Trinity Challenge announces inaugural winners

The Trinity Challenge has announced the winners of its inaugural competition, and is investing a £5.7 million (US$8 million) charitable pledged prize fund into

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 25, 2021 ~7 min

Flawed data led to findings of a connection between time spent on devices and mental health problems – new research

You're probably wrong about how much time you spend on your devices, and that has big implications for the link between device use and mental health.

Craig J.R. Sewall, Postdoctoral Scholar of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, University of Pittsburgh • conversation
June 23, 2021 ~9 min


Global herd immunity remains out of reach because of inequitable vaccine distribution – 99% of people in poor countries are unvaccinated

The high costs of the world's colossally unequal COVID-19 immunization rates.

Maria De Jesus, Associate Professor and Research Fellow at the Center on Health, Risk, and Society, American University School of International Service • conversation
June 22, 2021 ~9 min

New technologies claiming to copy human milk reuse old marketing tactics to sell baby formula and undermine breastfeeding

Around the globe, 823,000 child deaths could be prevented annually with appropriate breastfeeding. Formula makers continue to defy a 40-year-old international code on marketing their product.

Cecília Tomori, Associate Professor and Director of Global Public Health and Community Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing • conversation
June 14, 2021 ~9 min

New risk calculator to help save many more lives from heart attack and stroke

A new risk calculator will better predict people at high risk of heart and circulatory diseases years before they strike, and is ready for use across the UK

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 14, 2021 ~5 min

England on track to achieve elimination of HIV transmission by 2030 as model shows sharp decrease in HIV incidence

The annual number of new HIV infections among men who have sex with men in England is likely to have fallen dramatically, from 2,770 in 2013 to 854 in 2018,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 10, 2021 ~4 min

The next pandemic is already happening – targeted disease surveillance can help prevent it

A more coordinated effort by scientists, stakeholders and community members will be required to stop the next deadly virus that's already circulating in our midst.

Maureen Miller, Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University • conversation
June 1, 2021 ~10 min

Many of us could carry up to 17kg of fat due to a change in a single gene

New research has found that one in every 340 people might carry a mutation in a single gene that makes them more likely to have a greater weight from early

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 27, 2021 ~5 min


Pain of police killings ripples outward to traumatize Black people and communities across US

Evidence shows that many Black Americans experience police killings of unarmed Black people – even those they do not know – as traumatic events, causing acute physical and emotional distress.

Denise A. Herd, Associate Professor of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley • conversation
May 24, 2021 ~9 min

How electric cars can advance environmental justice: By putting low-income and racially diverse drivers behind the wheel

Electric cars offer benefits for low-income and minority drivers, including cleaner air and lower maintenance costs. But it will take more than rebates on new models to make EVs accessible for all.

Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, Adjunct Lecturer in Urban Studies, The New School • conversation
May 21, 2021 ~9 min

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