A habitable planet for healthy humans
13 Dec 2023 Cambridge Zero symposium gathers researchers to examine the connections between planetary and public health.
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LSHTM
Carbon-omics and global health
17 Nov 2023 Cambridge Zero to host two research symposia to discuss critical climate change challenges
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UK modelling study finds case isolation and contact tracing vital to COVID-19 epidemic control
16 Jun 2020 In the absence of a vaccine or highly effective treatments for COVID-19, combining isolation and intensive contact tracing with physical distancing...
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Food and drinks industry uses non-profit organisation to campaign against public health policies, study finds
03 Jun 2019 A new study shows how a non-profit research organisation has been deployed by its backers from major food and beverage corporations to push industry...
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Contracts give Coca-Cola power to ‘quash’ health research, study suggests
08 May 2019 New study of FOI documents uncovers provisions that could allow the beverage giant to suppress findings from health science it funds at North American...
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Citizen science experiment predicts massive toll of flu pandemic on the UK
22 Mar 2018 How fast could a new flu epidemic spread? The results of the UK’s largest citizen science project of its kind ever attempted, carried out by thousands...
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App-based citizen science experiment could help researchers predict future pandemics
27 Sep 2017 A new app gives UK residents the chance to get involved in an ambitious, ground-breaking science experiment that could save lives.
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IMF lending conditions curb healthcare investment in West Africa, study finds
11 Jan 2017 Research shows budget reduction targets and public sector caps, insisted on by the IMF as loan conditions, result in reduced health spending and...
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Urbanisation of rural Africa associated with increased risk of heart disease and diabetes
29 Jul 2014 The increasing urbanisation of rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa could lead to an explosion in incidences of heart disease and diabetes, according to...
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