Databyte Archives

10.28.2022 a graph of a patient's disease

Behind the Screen-ing

Where veterans receive health care is more impactful than individual factors for lung cancer screening rates.

Fellow Connor McCombs

10.26.2022 a graph of a vaccine

Are Racial Differences in Flu Vaccination Rates Widening?

Differences in flu vaccination rates across racial groups in the U.S. are widening, as shown in a visualization from the Center for Antiracist Research in a new PHP series.

Guest Authors Yukun Yang, Elaine O. Nsoesie

10.24.2022 a graph of a number of individuals

Gun Sales and Suicides

The type of firearm purchased may be helpful in predicting future suicide risk, among other factors, researchers determined from California data.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

10.19.2022 a graph of different colored bars

Navigating Climate Anxiety Through Action

Climate anxiety affects young people worldwide, particularly those living where the consequences of climate change are more pronounced.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

10.18.2022 a graph of different colored lines

Health Equity

Are You Using Protection?

Sunscreen use among middle and high school students is increasing, but not across all racial and ethnic groups.

Fellow Bethany Hallenborg

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

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