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School bus in the city
Sociology
Dangerous school commutes linked to absenteeism
Published Feb 13, 2019
Students whose routes to school pass through areas with high rates of violent crime are shown to have increased absenteeism and lower test scores, graduation rates
Car crash
Study: No rise in opioid-related car crash fatalities over decade
Published Feb 8, 2019
Bloomberg School analysis limited to those who died at the scene versus those who died later
Opioids pills
Opioids
Post-overdose care falls short
Published Feb 5, 2019
Only about 10 percent of opioid overdose survivors in West Virginia received the recommended follow-up treatment, study suggests
Woman applies white cream to her elbow
Study pushes back on benefits of pain cream
Published Feb 5, 2019
Compounded pain creams and gels, marketed and prescribed for a variety of muscle and nerve conditions, work about as well as placebos, study shows
Discarded syringe
Opioid crisis
Tool helps officials estimate intravenous drug use
Published Feb 4, 2019
Rural communities have been in dire need of a means to estimate the number of people who inject drugs
Dump truck driving at coal mine
Climate change
China fails to curb coal mine emissions
Published Jan 29, 2019
Despite tough regulations on coal mine emissions, methane levels increased each year from 2010 to 2015, study finds
DNA sequence
Epigenetics
Decoding brain changes that coincide with psychiatric disorders
Published Jan 22, 2019
Scientists discover epigenetic variances in neurons in parts of the brain linked with addictive behavior, schizophrenia, and other neuroses
Buprenorphine pills
Opioids
Gaps found in access to opioid treatment
Published Jan 16, 2019
Nearly two-thirds of outpatient centers that treat substance abuse don't offer any form of FDA-approved medication for opioid addiction, study finds
Multiple news tweets referencing Demi Lovato overdose
Substance abuse
Missed opportunities in overdose coverage
Published Jan 14, 2019
Only 216 of the 42,500 news reports about Demi Lovato's alleged overdose included mention of national addiction hotline, 1-800-662-HELP
Jordan Hoffman
Global health
Studying beyond the bench
Published Jan 11, 2019
Graduate student Jordan Hoffman traveled to Zambia as part of Global Health Establish Field Placements to study mosquito behavior and malaria vector control