The stunning spread of the opioid painkiller and heroin epidemic
Every day in America, more than 50 people die from an overdose of prescription pain medication. Some people who start
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Mapping Health
Mapping public health.
The map of Winter Depression
Between the 30th parallels winter depression is almost unknown. Beyond them, rates increase towards the poles. Example: 1% in North
Read MoreTaxes as % of GDP
Denmark 51% France 45% Norway 39% Germany 36% UK 33% Turkey 29% US 26% Via oecd.org
Read MoreThe unrelenting march of diabets
Diabetes is the world’s eighth biggest killer, accounting for some 1.5 million deaths each year. A major new World Health
Read MoreCases of Zika Virus in the U.S. (24 Febrary 2016)
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Read MoreHealth Care Index 2016
Health care is the maintenance or improvement of health via the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and
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Which U.S. cities are at risk for a Zika outbreak?
So far in the United States, there have been 193 cases of Zika, all of them associated with travel or
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Pigs stock by country
A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of even-toed ungulates. Pigs include
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