Databyte Archives

10.10.2022 a map of the world with numbers and a graph

Health Equity

When Language is Lost

Medicinal plant knowledge is more strongly associated with threatened languages than with threatened plants.

Fellow Abby Outterson

10.05.2022 a graph of numbers and columns

Cruel and Unusual Temperatures

Suicide attempts in Texas prisons increase in warmer months, and decrease in cooler months.

Fellow Abby Outterson

09.27.2022 a group of graphs showing different health outcomes

Consequences of Ageism

Adults ages 50 to 80 experienced ageism which affected their health, researchers found in a recent survey.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

09.19.2022 a diagram of a graph

Drinking Days

Researchers examined the number of drinking days per week during the initial months of the pandemic.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

09.16.2022 a graph of suicide

The Unspoken Pregnancy Complication

Researchers evaluated racial disparities in suicide risk among half a million pregnant people ages 15 to 49.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

09.14.2022 a graph of a number of patients

PrEP’d for COVID

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) utilization dropped off substantially after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.

Fellow Connor McCombs

09.12.2022 a graph with red and blue lines

Health Equity

Distracting Drivers

Displaying roadside accident data message signs was associated with an increase in motor vehicles crashes.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

09.09.2022 a graph of a virus

Living with HIV and COVID-19 Vaccines

People with HIV had a 28% higher risk of COVID-19 breakthrough infection than those without HIV.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

09.06.2022 a graph of a number of children

Vax to School

A more restrictive 2016 California vaccine requirement for school entry increased Kindergarten student vaccination rates and medical exemptions, and did not affect home schooling.

Fellow Connor McCombs

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