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Unwanted sexual behaviour is common in workplaces, but LGBTQ employees' harassment is often overlooked, co-writes Dr Cristyn Davies from the Faculty of Medicine and Health.

Life expectancy lower in the U.S. than in the United Kingdom On average, life expectancy is 78.6 years in U.S. versus 81.3 years in England and Wales, with h

EXPERT Q&A Gun violence claimed 46,728 lives in the United States last year-the third-highest number of firearm-related deaths ever recorded-including a record-high 27,300 suicides by using a gun. The data marks a significant escalation over the past decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sparking an urgent examination of contributing factors, including the role of media.

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A recent luncheon welcomed the 2024 cohort of postdoctoral scholars through the Provost's Program for Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Scholars and the Provost's Program for Black and Indigenous Postdoctoral Scholars.

University of Michigan study documents patients' situations, points to broadening intervention efforts at time of emergency care Study: Firearm violence and associated factors among young adults presenting to emergency departments in three cities: Baseline results from 1016/j.ypmed.

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Truancy rates have risen faster in developed English-speaking countries since the Covid-19 pandemic than in non-English-speaking countries, according to a new working paper by UCL researchers. Teenage girls are also increasingly more likely to skip school than boys across Anglophone countries. In 2022, 26% of all'Year 11 pupils in England reported playing truant at least once in the last fortnight.

Being kind to others, self-acceptance and having fun are also goals for 10- to 24-year-olds surveyed across the U.S. Key takeaways "To be safe" was the top goal for Generation Z in a survey of 1,644 10- to 24-year-olds across the U.S. Other top goals were "to be kind," "to have a lot of fun," "self-acceptance" and "to be in good shape.

Financial stress continues to impact Australians' sense of belonging, but the country's social cohesion has held strong over the past 12 months, according to a major study from The Australian National University (ANU) and the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute.

Study abstract: Census tract and neighborhood racial change and the locational decisions of financial services in Metro Detroit (DOI: 10.

University of Michigan study also explores role of U.S.-manufactured, traded firearms Study: Firearm-related threats before migrating to the USA from Latin America and the Caribbean (DOI: 10.1136/ip-2024-045369) Almost half of the migrants crossing into the United States from Latin America and the Caribbean report previously experiencing firearm-related threats or violence in their home country, according to a University of Michigan study.

Unregulated experts appointed by family courts in England and Wales have caused harm to children by separating them from their mothers and forcing them to live with and have contact with fathers accused of violence and abuse, according to a new study by a UCL researcher.

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Nicotine vapes are sometimes marketed as aids for cigarette smoking cessation. However, teens do not typically turn to electronic nicotine vapes to curb smoking habits, according to University of Michigan research. The study, "Reasons for Vaping Among U.S. Adolescents,- published in Pediatrics (online Nov.