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About half of young adults had mental health symptoms during the pandemic and more than a third of those were unable to access mental health therapy, a new study found.

A new study details how historically redlined neighborhoods across the U.S. that scored lowest in racially discriminatory maps drawn by the government-sponsored Home-Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) in the 1930s had twice the density of oil and gas wells than comparable neighborhoods that scored highest. Wells likely contribute to disproportionate pollution and related health problems in redlined neighborhoods.

Travel to nature-based destinations to socialize -- to celebrate anniversaries, honeymoons or to spend time with family for a holiday -- is a growing trend in tourism, and it was a significant motivator for travel to Antarctica before the pandemic, researchers found in recent study.

The rate of overdose deaths among U.S. teenagers nearly doubled in 2020, the first year of the COVID pandemic, and rose another 20% in the first half of 2021 compared with the 10 years before the pandemic, even as drug use remained generally stable during the same period.

Collective wisdom dictates that online shoppers gravitate toward the highest-rated products. But new research debunks this and shows top reviews carry more sway in a customer's final buying decisions when they are comparing products.

New research documents the pollution of public water supplies caused by shale gas development, commonly known as fracking, and its negative impact of infant health.  These findings call for closer environmental regulation of the industry, as levels of chemicals found in drinking water often fall below regulatory thresholds.

A new study examined two decades worth of data from over 20,000 clinical trials and looked for changes over time. The team found that less than half of trials reported race/ethnicity data.