Census: Childless older women better off than older men
Older adults who are childless in the U.S. are more likely to be college educated, working and white than those with children, and their numbers are growing.
Older adults who are childless in the U.S. are more likely to be college educated, working and white than those with children, and their numbers are growing.
Social Sciences
Aug 31, 2021
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Scientists suspect that a century-old tuberculosis vaccine might be able to protect older adults against the worst ravages of COVID-19.
Biotechnology
Aug 5, 2021
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Earlier this month, New York City and other cities along the east coast experienced some of the worst air pollution in the world. The cause? Wildfires in California and Oregon so large they produced smoke that drifted thousands ...
Environment
Aug 4, 2021
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Older people in the poorest sector of the population were more than twice as likely to feel isolated and lonely during the first lockdown than the richest, finds a new study led by researchers from UCL and the University ...
Social Sciences
Jul 27, 2021
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Compared to younger homicide victims, older homicide victims are more likely to be women who die in their own home at the hands of a stranger.
Social Sciences
Jul 15, 2021
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Sexual violence is rampant in Belgium. In the first large-scale representative and gender- and age-sensitive study on sexual violence in Belgium, called UN-MENAMAIS '(Understanding the Mechanisms, Nature, Magnitude and Impact ...
Social Sciences
Jun 18, 2021
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The wildfire season in western North America keeps setting new records and the outlook for the coming summer seems grim.
Environment
Jun 1, 2021
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A fiery debate has erupted over the definition of "infrastructure."
Social Sciences
May 10, 2021
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According to a new public opinion poll released today by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), concern about COVID-19 remains high, especially concern over loved ones, and more people are reporting mental health impacts ...
Social Sciences
May 3, 2021
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A lack of in-person interactions is a primary driver for older people to use social media, which differs from how younger people use it to establish and maintain relationships, according to a first of its kind study of older ...
Social Sciences
Apr 28, 2021
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