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Middle-aged people, and not just the elderly, have a dramatically higher risk of dying or developing serious illness from COVID-19, new research from ... read more (external link)

When faced with mind-boggling projections, she says, there are two types of reactions that people typically have: They either get scared and anxious, ... read more (external link)

Elderly people and people with pre-existing health conditions are considered to be a risk group. Around a quarter of the population in Germany is ... read more (external link)

The living and working conditions for refugees, migrants, and other low-income populations also make them more at risk of exposure to the coronavirus. read more (external link)

IIASA researchers are working to visualize key demographic and socioeconomic information to help inform decisions by health professionals, ... read more (external link)

Between 2% and 3% of the general population and 8% and 10% of the Jewish population carries the mutations. All the women studied were undergoing ... read more (external link)

Seen as death per one million people, Italy had 192 deaths per million and Germany jut 8. Surprisingly, Italy has 28% less people compared to Germany ... read more (external link)

Uganda's constitution and electoral laws seem incompatible with the country's youth demographic reality. It is reported that at least 3 800 Ugandans ... read more (external link)

Court also told that according to the last census, over 4 Crore people had migrated for work and now there is backward migration due to fear of ... read more (external link)

Homeless people also face a number of barriers accessing health care as well as ... Moreover, many of the measures aimed at the general population ... read more (external link)

And there, the official death rate was just 0.9 percent. Israel, he continued, stands to fare much better, given that South Korea's population is relatively ... read more (external link)

E-Sentral also shared their demographic breakdown of users with significant female readers dominating the share of reading by a fair distance. read more (external link)

... it could be devastating for Africa's people and health-care systems. As we race to slow the spread of COVID-19, many African countries have closed ... read more (external link)

At least 9,000 of Russia's 519,600-strong prison population are over 60-years-old, and many more in poor health. “The present state of Russia's ... read more (external link)

Approximately 5.8 million people were infected in Italy by March 28, affecting 9.8 per cent of the population there, according to the projections. read more (external link)

Pasifika populations are particularly at risk for CoViD-19, where the risk of hospitalisation is seven times higher than for NZ European and Other ethnic ... read more (external link)

Egg and egg-sourced cholesterol consumption in relation to mortality: Findings from population-based nationwide cohort. Clinical Nutrition — Zhuang P, ... read more (external link)

One commentator described it as the “biggest human migration on foot after Partition.” After “the people's curfew,” even as most states continued the ... read more (external link)

Elderly people are being found dead in their homes, unable to reach medical care. Young people are turning up to hospital with symptoms but being ... read more (external link)

That was roughly the equivalent of Havelock North's population. ... The modelling even included a "worst day", in which some 11,200 people would ... read more (external link)

But there's another figure that health authorities are also keeping a close eye on – the number of people who have got better. Globally less than a ... read more (external link)

Approximately 5.8 million people were infected in Italy as of March 28, affecting 9.8 per cent of the population there, according to the projections. read more (external link)

Approximately 5.8 million people could be infected in Italy by March 28, affecting 9.8 per cent of the population there, according to the projections. read more (external link)

Mecklenburg County data shows demographics hardest hit by coronavirus. Officials with Mecklenburg Co. Public Health released data showing ... read more (external link)

... period, to the plight of the country's massive migrant labour population. ... “Despite the scale of migration, seasonal migrant families lead invisible, ... read more (external link)