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Air Pollution Is Deadlier Than You Think
Air pollution is responsible for 8 million deaths a year globally, which is as many as tobacco. And air pollution isn't just causing lung cancer, it may cause other cancers too—including…
A Grid Collapse Would Make a Heat Wave Far Deadlier
Consider this nightmare scenario. For four days now, temperatures have soared past 110 degrees. Those able to stay home are cranking their air-conditioning while officials scramble to move…
‘Mission Impossible 7’ trailer out; Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt for a deadlier…
A still from ‘Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning - Part One’
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Yes, COVID Is Still Deadlier Than the Flu
Hospitalizations from COVID-19 during the most recent flu season remained significantly more…
Second year of pandemic deadlier for middle aged than the first, analysis finds
The first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic saw an increase in mortality rates, both from COVID-19 and other causes, but the groups hardest hit shifted between the first and second years,…
Low levels of air pollution deadlier than previously thought: Study suggests fine…
The World Health Organization's most recent estimates (2016) are that over 4.2 million people die prematurely each year due to long-term exposure to fine particulate outdoor air pollution…
COVID was deadlier for those with intellectual and development disabilities: COVID…
Authors of a new peer-reviewed paper have discovered that COVID was the leading cause of death for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in 2020.
The study, "COVID-19…
Heart Disease or Cancer: Which is More Deadlier for Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients?
, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, reveals that people with early-stage HL are now at higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease than from cancer.
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Omicron Is 40% deadlier than seasonal flu, study finds
The omicron strain of Covid-19 is at least 40% more lethal than seasonal flu, according Japanese scientists, underscoring the potential danger of lifting pandemic curbs too quickly and…