What are best options for controlling GSL dust, and what would they cost?
Engineered measures on Great Salt Lake’s exposed playa would incur costs and tradeoffs, constrained by water availability, U study says.
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Air pollution mixtures may pose hidden risks during pregnancy
Categories: Artificial Intelligence, Community, Faculty/Staff, Health & Medicine, Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, Inspire Initiatives, Latest Stories, Research, Research Impact, Science & Technology, Students, Sustainability
Using machine learning, U researchers found that repeated exposure to combinations of common air pollutants in early pregnancy was associated with nearly three-times greater odds of early preterm birth.
Read MoreBanning lead in gas worked. The proof is in our hair
Researchers analyzed samples of Utahns’ hair going back a century to document a 100-fold decrease in lead concentrations.
Read MoreDon’t let measles crash campus
A reduction in the number of people being vaccinated against the virus has led to outbreaks of the illness and caused at least two known deaths in Texas.
Read MoreExpanding perceptions of public health
Public health aims to create and implement programs and develop policies that improve quality of life on a very basic level for everyone.
Read MoreRemoteness didn’t protect Amazonian Tsimané from COVID-19
Categories: Belonging, Faculty/Staff, Health & Medicine, Innovate Initiatives, News Releases, Research, Science & Technology
Direct medical intervention is necessary to reduce infection in the small-scale, remote Indigenous communities of the Tsimané in the Bolivian Amazon during global pandemics.
Read MoreDigital Health Initiative could lead to reliable health apps
Seven U of U Health projects have received seed grants funded by the Digital Health Initiative. The grants are designed to produce safer and more effective digital tools than are currently available.
Read More2023-24 ‘Best Graduate Schools’
Categories: Arts & Humanities, Awards & Recognition, Health & Medicine, Law & Politics, Rankings & Numbers, Research, Science & Technology
New rankings from U.S. News & World Report are out—see how the U ranked in the 2023-24 “Best Graduate Schools.”
Read MoreThe 2020 surge of anti-Asian hate language
Clusters of hateful tweets spread across the contiguous U.S. that varied in size, strength distribution and location.
Read MoreChildren, adults equally vulnerable to coronavirus infection
Categories: Covid 19, Faculty/Staff, Health & Medicine, News Releases, Research, Science & Technology, Students
The study shows a relatively high rate of household transmission when at least one member is infected.
Read MoreThis is how a pandemic ends
Categories: Covid 19
The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over for the U.S. until it’s over for the globe.
Read MorePublic anti-Black violence and the mental health of Black Americans
A new study analyzes how highly publicized acts of racial violence impacts the mental health of Black Americans in the U.S.
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