Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A high social vulnerability index score may indicate a risk for greater severity of C. difficile infection.

In 2021, states had to choose how to distribute a scarce number of Covid-19 vaccines. One approach was to do so based on individuals’ risk of death from the virus. Another was to do so geographically, ...

When Cleophus Sharp was four years old, his parents rushed him to the hospital in Houston because he couldn’t catch his breath, no matter how much he tried. Sharp, who grew up in the historically ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Youth who lived in vulnerable communities were 1.65 times more likely to have asthma. Low annual household ...

Across the globe, the past few years have been characterized by scorching summers that endanger the health of outdoor workers and biting winters that often freeze pipes and other critical ...

Infectious disease can afflict a population in complex ways. Understanding the varying risks is an equally complex challenge. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers a general ...

14 March 2024 - What is the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI), what does it measure and why is it important for countries in special situations? Ahead of the Fourth International Conference ...

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yesterday, Vizient, Inc. participated in the Healthcare Innovation Expo on Capitol Hill, hosted by the Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) in collaboration with the ...

Everyone in the Chicago area was feeling the heat wave this week, and on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University, researchers were studying it. The researchers have been tracking the heat, and ...