Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant were more likely to be admitted to hospital compared to patients with Alpha variant

Largest study to date analysing more than 40,000 COVID-19 cases (including a combination of vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals) confirmed by virus genome

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 31, 2021 ~4 min

Hurricane Ida: 4 essential reads about New Orleans' high hurricane risk and what climate change has to do with the storms

The New Orleans region is likely to see a hurricane about every seven years and a major hurricane about every 20.

Stacy Morford, Environment + Climate Editor • conversation
Aug. 30, 2021 ~8 min


Emotion is a big part of how you assess risk – and why it's so hard to be objective about pandemic precautions

How you respond to a risk depends on how you weigh the costs and benefits of an action. The problem is you’re not just a logical computer, and emotions bias your interpretation of the facts.

Sheldon H. Jacobson, Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • conversation
Aug. 12, 2021 ~9 min

Minor volcanic eruptions could ‘cascade’ into global catastrophe, experts warn

Researchers call for a shift in focus away from risks of “super-volcanic” eruptions and towards likelier scenarios of smaller eruptions in key global “pinch

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 6, 2021 ~5 min

Worried about traveling with unvaccinated kids? 6 questions answered on how to manage the risks

Parents face tough choices since young kids can’t yet get COVID-19 vaccinations. An infectious diseases expert offers guidance on navigating summer activities.

William C. Miller, Senior Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Epidemiology, The Ohio State University • conversation
July 26, 2021 ~8 min

Our analysis of 7 months of polling data shows friendships, the economy and firsthand experience shaped and reshaped views on COVID-19 risks

Multiple factors determined whether or not individual Americans adopted COVID-19 safety measures, according to statistical analysis of public opinion data.

Feng Hao, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of South Florida • conversation
July 22, 2021 ~7 min

Report from Europe's flood zone: researcher calls out early warning system gridlock amid shocking loss of life

Catastrophic floods in north-western Europe have shown how badly early warning systems can fail.

Jeff Da Costa, PhD researcher in Environmental Science at the University of Reading & PhD Fellow at RSS-Hydro, University of Reading • conversation
July 16, 2021 ~5 min

We work with dangerous pathogens in a downtown Boston biocontainment lab – here's why you can feel safe about our research

The microbiologist who directs the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University explains all the biosafety precautions in place that help him feel safer in the lab than out.

Ronald Corley, Director of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories and Chair of Microbiology, Boston University • conversation
July 14, 2021 ~12 min


What's a 100-year flood? A hydrologist explains

Flood plain statistics can be confusing. There are better ways to think about the risk of severe weather than 100-year storm or flood.

Robert Mace, Executive Director of the Meadows Center for Water and Environment, Texas State University • conversation
June 17, 2021 ~4 min

Teenagers at greatest risk of self-harming could be identified almost a decade earlier

Researchers have identified two subgroups of adolescents who self-harm and have shown that it is possible to predict those individuals at greatest risk almost

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 15, 2021 ~6 min

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