Researchers find horserace-style coverage harms Senate candidates’ electoral success on either side
Media coverage that focuses on strategy over issues can harm the electoral success of Senate candidates, according to wide-ranging research gauging news coverage of more than 150 Senate races in the United States in recent years. The new study, published in the Journal Political Communication, focuses on how media coverage affected Senate campaigns over five […]
Long-Term Drought Harms Mental Health in Rural Communities
Public health experts increasingly recognize that adverse weather and climate conditions can have negative impacts on people’s mental health as well as physical health. Many national and international organizations, for example, have established or expanded postdisaster services to include mental health assistance and support. However, little is understood about how mental health is […]
COVID-19 reveals how obesity harms the body in real time, not just over a lifetime
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust the obesity epidemic once again into the spotlight, revealing that obesity is no longer a disease that harms just in the long run but one that can have acutely devastating effects. New studies and information confirm doctors’ suspicion that this virus takes advantage of a disease that our current U.S. […]
Study finds environmentally-friendly’ tableware harms marine animals
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new Tel Aviv University study compares the effects of two types of disposable dishes on the marine environment—regular plastic disposable dishes and more expensive bioplastic disposable dishes certified by various international organizations—and determines that the bioplastic dishes had a similar effect on marine animals as regular plastic dishes. Moreover, the […]
