The COVID-19 pandemic had surprising effects on demand for public transit in American cities, new research suggests.
Social Sciences
Nov 18, 2020
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Even prior to COVID-19, tipped workers suffered from the inadequacies of the United States' social safety net and minimum wage standards.
Economics & Business
Aug 12, 2020
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A UCLA study published today found the exclusion of undocumented residents and their families from the $1,200 stimulus payments given to taxpayers a result of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a loss of $10 billion in potential ...
Economics & Business
Aug 11, 2020
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The world has moved online, seemingly overnight. Are we using social media more, and what does that mean?
Social Sciences
Apr 3, 2020
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The current COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly changing the way we live and the way we work. Do these changes signal long-lasting impacts on the design and architecture of our cities? We spoke to UBC professor Patrick Condon, the ...
Social Sciences
Mar 24, 2020
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Researchers have developed a model that predicts which of the viruses that can jump from animals to people can also be transmitted from person to person—and are therefore possible sources of human diseases.
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 20, 2018
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Infections by microbes like bacteria and fungi that don't respond to available antimicrobial treatments pose an increasingly dangerous public health threat around the world. In the United States alone, such infections kill ...
Biotechnology
Apr 3, 2018
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In the future, public health workers could monitor trends on social media to quickly identify a rise of influenza, depression or other health issues in a specific area, thanks to research at the Department of Energy's Pacific ...
Social Sciences
Aug 14, 2017
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The Health and Human Services Department is investigating a possible breach of a computer system holding personal information of more than 6,700 doctors, nurses and other uniformed public health workers overseen by the surgeon ...
Security
Oct 7, 2016
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While the U.S. economy rebounds, persistent low wages are costing taxpayers approximately $153 billion every year in public support to working families, including $25 billion at the state level, according to a new report ...
Economics & Business
Apr 13, 2015
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