Topic: Public Health
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Maps
What Food Desert Maps Get Wrong About How People Eat
Our understanding of food access seldom takes into account a key factor: mobility.
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If You Build Bike Share, Riders Will Come
A new report on Montreal's BIXI shows cycling rates increase by the end of season two.
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The Lessons We Haven't Learned From London's Killer Fog of 1952
Because of global urbanization, the number of people exposed to catastrophic levels of pollution is growing exponentially.
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Why We Need More Research Into Cycling and Brain Science
Riding a bike may have special benefits that other exercise modes don’t, but we just don't know enough about it.
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What's Behind the Rise of Diabetes in Young Children in Philadelphia?
New research shows a startling prevalence of the disease among children younger than 5.
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Year in Review
The Best Open Data Releases of 2012
Our annual look at the extensive information now available from city governments, and the tools people are building with it.
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Why St. Louis May Not Be Able to Stem its Asthma Epidemic
The city has one of the highest rates in the country, and efforts to cut smokers out just aren't working.
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A Possible Link Between Traffic Pollution and Autism
Researchers in California have found a compelling association.
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The Grim Consequences of Closing Urban Hospitals
New research from Philadelphia finds that the city's newborn mortality rate spiked after a spate of hospital closures.
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Want Healthier Seniors? Give Them Bus Passes
Researchers find free rides on public transit can spur physical activity in older adults.
