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More than 90% of vehicle-owning households in the United States would see a reduction in the percentage of income spent on transportation energy—the gasoline or electricity that powers their cars, SUVs and pickups—if they switched to electric vehicles.
news.umich.eduSubmitted by Wagamaga t3_1094dsf
Routine vaccinations drop among U.S. kindergartners for the third year in a row according to the CDC. While vaccinations remain high, coverage has dropped from 95% in the 2019-2020 school year to 94% in 2020-2021 to 93% in 2021-2022, leaving at least 250,000 potentially unprotected against measles.
statnews.comSubmitted by shiruken t3_10azjzs
Viagra lowers the risk of heart disease in men by up to 39 percent. And men who take the drug also appear less likely to suffer an early death from any cause. Research looked at 70,000 adult men with an average age of 52, all of whom had an erectile dysfunction diagnosis at some point in their life.
academic.oup.comSubmitted by Wagamaga t3_10fe4hy
The only scientific review to date on vegan diets for dogs and cats found that there is no convincing evidence of major impacts of vegan diets on dog or cat health. There was also evidence of benefits for animals arising as a result of feeding them vegan diets.
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True stories can win out on social media, study finds. Posts on reddit linking to 'true' news stories (as labeled by fact checkers) received more engagement and upvotes than posts that included 'false' stories. This contrasts with a previous study of Twitter users.
news.osu.eduSubmitted by geoff199 t3_10rwf2b
Male contraceptive shows promise in mice. The drug inhibits an enzyme that is essential for sperm mobility, and a single dose was found to be 100% effective in preventing pregnancy for two the first two hours, and 91% effective for the first three, without affecting normal mating behaviour.
scimex.orgSubmitted by MistWeaver80 t3_1129w1d
Getting COVID Boosts Odds for Diabetes in Unvaccinated. Among nearly 24,000 COVID patients in the study, there was a 58% increase in risk of diabetes afterwards. But vaccination erased any post-infection risk, further suggesting that COVID infection is the culprit
cedars-sinai.orgSubmitted by Wagamaga t3_1134349
Education levels impact on belief in scientific misinformation and mistrust of COVID-19 preventive measures. People with a university degree were less likely to believe in COVID-19 misinformation and more likely to trust preventive measures than those without a degree.
port.ac.ukSubmitted by Wagamaga t3_115cu05