Five-year study improves understanding of impact of foodborne illnesses and strengthens the Food Standards Agency’s ability to respond to them.

PENSIONERS spend just five years of their retirement in good health, warns new research.

As the coronavirus crisis built to pandemic levels in early March, a relatively unknown tech company confronted a defining opportunity. Zoom Video Communications, a fast-growing enterprise videoconferencing platform with roots in both Silicon Valley and China, had already seen its market cap grow from under $10 billion to nearly double that. As the coronavirus began … Continue reading "New Research Shows Why and How Zoom Could Become an Advertising Driven Business"

(Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) New research to be published in the INFORMS journal Management Science has found popular rideshare platforms exhibit racial and other biases that penalize under-represented minorities and others seeking to use their services.

Data from March shows similarities in spending across various demographics.

CNN reports that a study confirms that early autism intervention in toddlers is effective. A study was completed with a program called the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM). This program involves about twenty hours a week in the child's own home. It involves play and parents can easily learn some of the skills that can be applied in other settings. The study compared a group of toddlers that were given ESDM intervention to a group of toddlers receiving typical community interventions. Both groups showed improvement, but the ESDM group improved IQ by 18 points compared to 8 points with traditional interventions. The study is reporting that some of the children "virtually caught up to the typical kids their age." However, they are not claiming it is a cure for autism. According to the article they are working on a replication study to determine if there are similar results. Personally, I'm looking forward to the results of the replication study and want to find out more about this method. From what I understand it is less of a time constraint than ABA therapy.

This study also demonstrated the need for early intervention, which also includes early identification. When children are diagnosed early, they can begin receiving interventions that are proven effective. The study showed that current methods are working, but there may be a new program that can be even more effective on the horizon.

I'd love to hear more from my readers if you have any experience with ESDM or more information about it.

The following is a guest post by Katherine Blood, Curator of Fine Prints, Prints & Photographs Division. As the Library of Congress marks its 220th year of serving the nation, the publication of a new guide tells two stories: how staff have for decades worked with art professionals to build the collections and how by […]

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Flamingos form long-lasting friendships and some "behave like married couples", according to new research.

People worried about becoming seriously ill with Covid-19 are increasingly stressed by talk over easing of the lockdown, according to research.

British people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities are two to three times more likely to die from coronavirus, new research has found.

UK population is suffering from 'high levels of psychological distress', according to the research

MORNING BRIEFING: Temperatures are set to soar to over 30 degrees Celsius in some places as firefighters stare down a difficult 48 hours on the east coast. Plus a Russian national is wanted for a double stabbing in Sydney's south.

Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced research findings showing that, on average, inmates who participated in correctional education programs had 43 percent lower odds of returning to prison than inmates who did not.

The results provide priceless information on ancestry and predispositions to various illnesses.

In July of 2007, the East Coast was slammed by a record-setting heat wave. From New York City to Washington, DC, temperatures averaged above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, causing more than 40 deaths.

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Medicine has a lot to learn from 'football' about developing new approaches to clinical methods says new research. The research, published in the

Genotyping helps identify and predict the risk of subjects wishing to donate a kidney. Those who are at high-risk of developing the disease can be removed

A new study has found that using delivery drones in dense urban environments might consume more energy than a conventional delivery van due to wind and other factors.

The research suggests due to strenuous exercise, elite athletes are more likely to inhale Covid-19 particles and direct them to the lower areas of the lung.

Attending a KIPP school led to a 10-13 percentage point improvement in the likelihood of enrolling in college.

This interactive data visualization uses SNAP quality control data from fiscal year 2016 and microsimulation modeling to provide detailed information on the demographic characteristics of those at risk of losing benefits.

In this episode of On the Evidence, Cindy Hu, a Mathematica data scientist, discusses the prevalence of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in our drinking water, as well as their health implications and ways to address them through public policy.

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