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With telehealth coverage on the brink, study shows it hasn’t driven up total visits

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As Congress debates the future of telehealth coverage under Medicare, a study shows that it hasn’t led to an increase in total visits since 2020, but different medical specialties, especially mental health, have different rates of use.

Journal: Health Affairs Scholar
Funder: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Veterans' Affairs

UH report finds Houston ISD enrollment decline accelerated after state takeover

University of Houston
Reports and Proceedings

A new University of Houston report finds that Houston ISD’s enrollment decline has accelerated since the state takeover more than two years ago, while experienced educators are leaving the district at higher rates.

Air pollution and cardiac remodeling and function in patients with breast cancer

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cohort study, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone exposure was independently associated with worse cardiac remodeling and function in patients with breast cancer treated with cardiotoxic therapy. These findings highlight the importance of modifying environmental exposures to mitigate cardiovascular disease risk.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

A new, cleaner way to make this common fertilizer

University of Illinois Chicago
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Illinois Chicago researchers are working on a carbon-neutral way to make ammonia, whose main ingredients are found in air and water.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The hidden ocean cost of carbon: why climate damage is nearly twice as high as we thought

CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international study, featuring CMCC scientists, reveals that the true economic damage of climate change has been vastly underestimated – because the ocean has been left out of the equation. By integrating the latest ocean science into climate-economic models, researchers found that accounting for climate impacts on marine ecosystems and ocean-dependent infrastructure nearly doubles the social cost of carbon. The hidden ocean cost is estimated at $48 per tonne of CO₂, a figure that should be added to current policy calculations.

Journal: Nature Climate Change

Three digital humanities research projects at UC3M receive grants from the Ramón Areces Foundation

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Grant and Award Announcement

Three researchers from the Faculty of Humanities, Communication and Documentation at the Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M), Jesús Bermejo, Michele Curnis and Ana Mejón, have been selected in the latest call for applications for the Ramón Areces Foundation's Digital Humanities Research Grants Program. The projects stand out for their use of disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence, enriched digitization, and chronotope mapping to advance knowledge of the archaeology, history, and culture of the Castilian Middle Ages and the Spanish film industry, respectively.

Funder: Fundación Ramón Areces

Large parts of the tropics overlooked in environmental research

Umea University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Environmental research in the tropics is heavily skewed, according to a comprehensive study led from Umeå University. Humid lowland forest ecosystems receive a disproportionate amount of attention, while colder and drier regions that are more affected by climate change are severely underrepresented.

Journal: Nature Communications