Topic: Public Health
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Maps
The Lopsided Geography of America's Bacteria-Related Deaths
Bacterial infections are killing more people in some parts of country, but not others.
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Does Living Near Fast Food Restaurants Increase Your Risk of Obesity?
Research looking at African Americans in Houston finds a significant correlation.
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Traffic Pollution May Be Harming Kids in Ways We Never Imagined
Another reason to worry if you live near a highway.
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How to Make Your Town Into a Bike-to-School Mecca
A contest in Ohio gets 4,000 kids biking more than 52,000 miles, while keeping roughly 57,292 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the air.
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Walking May Help Prevent Dementia In Seniors, If Only They Could Do It Safely
And so our society's mixed messages continue.
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Public Health Initiative of the Day: No Salt For You
Mexico City's "Menos sal, más salud" encourages restaurant owners to make salt shakers available only for those who request them.
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Amid Soaring Car Crashes, India Offers Free Treatment to Victims
The program will require 51 hospitals to accept injured patients without questions or money up front.
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Maps
Happy 200th Birthday to a Mapmaker Who Changed the World
John Snow mapped out cases of cholera during an infamous 1854 outbreak in London.
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Should Pregnant Women Be Warned About the Health Risks of Driving?
The latest research suggests the answer is yes.
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What Food Desert Maps Get Wrong About How People Eat
Our understanding of food access seldom takes into account a key factor: mobility.
