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With few additional targeted tests and non-invasive surveys, public health agencies can better estimate disease occurrence and trends, changes in transmission, rates of hospitalization and death and effectiveness of vaccines and other control measures.

A new study finds forensics researchers use terms related to ancestry and race in inconsistent ways, and calls for the discipline to adopt a new approach to better account for both the fluidity of populations and how historical events have shaped our skeletal characteristics.

A new study has yielded critical fresh insights into the lithium production process and how it relates to long-term environmental sustainability, particularly in the area of transportation with batteries and electric vehicles.

An associate professor of marketing says digital avatars can replace a sales force and customer service employees at a fraction of the cost.

Methamphetamine-related heart failure hospitalizations rose a staggering 585% between 2008 and 2018 in California. Costs associated with methamphetamine-related hospitalizations in California jumped even higher, 840%.

Vaccine skepticism among young adults may stall efforts to achieve herd immunity -- a threshold in which approximately 80 percent of a population is vaccinated against the coronavirus.

There are proven strategies to stop bandits from illegally fishing in Australian waters -- but it currently comes at a cost to the Pacific region's poorer countries.