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There were approximately 14.83 million excess deaths associated with COVID-19 across the world from 2020 to 2021, according to estimates by the WHO reported in Nature. This estimate is nearly three times the number of deaths reported to have been caused by COVID-19 over the same period.
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A study of coyotes’ diet & movement in the Canadian park where coyotes fatally attacked a woman in 2009 suggests the animals had to rely on moose rather than smaller mammals for most of their diet–and as a result of adapting to that large food source, perceived a lone hiker as potential prey.
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A survey of people with long COVID in the Uk has found that 95% of them experienced stigma about the condition at least ‘sometimes’. The study also looked at the types of stigma people experience and found that around 63% had overt experiences of being treated unfairly due to long COVID.
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Adding fluoride to water supplies may deliver a modest benefit to children’s dental health, finds an NIHR-funded study. But, the benefits are smaller than shown in previous studies - carried out 50 years ago - when fluoride toothpaste was less available in the UK.
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Deer-vehicle collisions spike when daylight saving time ends. The change to standard time in autumn corresponds with an average 16 percent increase in deer-vehicle collisions in the United States.The researchers estimate that eliminating the switch could save nearly 37,000 deer — and 33 human lives.
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Study suggests that clinicians can offer gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues to transgender and gender-diverse adolescents during pubertal development for mental health and cosmetic benefits without an increased likelihood of subsequent use of gender-affirming hormones.
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