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Amsterdam, Netherlands. Planting trees in urban areas can reduce the impacts of urban heat islands. Dutch_Photos/Shutterstock

Planting more trees could reduce premature heat-related deaths in European cities by a third – new research

Meelan Thondoo, University of Cambridge; Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Australian Catholic University, and Tamara Iungman, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)

In 2015, 6,700 premature deaths were caused by urban heat – this can be reduced by a third by planting more trees.
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¿Provoca cáncer el teléfono móvil?

Juan Alguacil Ojeda, Universidad de Huelva; Elisabeth Cardis, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal); Gemma Castaño-Vinyals, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal); Maria Manuela Morales Suarez-Varela, Universitat de València, and Nuria Aragonés Sanz, Servicio Madrileño de Salud

Ningún adelanto tecnológico ha tenido un crecimiento de uso tan veloz como la telefonía móvil. Con la consiguiente exposición a radiaciones. ¿Aumenta eso el riesgo de tumores cerebrales? ¿Es especialmente peligroso en niños y adolescentes? Las evidencia científica dice que no.
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Comer a deshoras puede aumentar el riesgo de padecer cáncer

Anna Palomar Cros, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)

Cenar después de las 21:00 puede aumentar el riesgo de padecer cáncer, sobre todo de mama, colon y próstata. Los estudios científicos apuntan a que la mejor estrategia es desayunar y cenar temprano, y ayunar toda la noche.
Deux coureurs sous une pluie torrentielle, près du Château Frontenac, à Québec. Shutterstock

Le sport et l’activité physique seront bouleversés par le changement climatique. Voici comment atténuer ses effets

Paquito Bernard, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM); Guillaume Chevance, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), and Tegwen Gadais, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

Avec les changements climatiques, les activités physiques telles qu’elles sont pratiquées aujourd’hui seront négativement impactées. Elles ont aussi une empreinte carbone loin d’être négligeable.
La donne a changé et le déploiement mondial, même réussi, des vaccins actuels ne garantit plus la victoire. Daniel Cole/AP

Les vaccins ne suffiront pas contre les variants. Il faut une stratégie mondiale de « suppression maximale » du virus

Susan Michie, UCL; Chris Bullen, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Jeffrey V Lazarus, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal); John N. Lavis, McMaster University; John Thwaites, Monash University; Liam Smith, Monash University; Salim Abdool Karim, Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), and Yanis Ben Amor, Columbia University

Les variants ont changé la donne. Nous devons agir en conséquence pour éviter de nouvelles vagues d’infections, de nouvelles fermetures, restrictions, hospitalisations et décès évitables.
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New COVID variants have changed the game, and vaccines will not be enough. We need global ‘maximum suppression’

Susan Michie, UCL; Chris Bullen, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Jeffrey V Lazarus, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal); John N. Lavis, McMaster University; John Thwaites, Monash University; Liam Smith, Monash University; Salim Abdool Karim, Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), and Yanis Ben Amor, Columbia University

COVID-19 variants of concern have changed the game. We need to recognise and act on this to avoid future waves of infections, yet more lockdowns and restrictions, and avoidable illness and death.
Técnico de Patología sostiene una muestra de cerebro obtenida mediante la técnica de la autopsia mínimamente invasiva (Foto: Quique Bassat)

No sabemos de qué mueren los niños en los países pobres: hemos encontrado una forma de averiguarlo

Quique Bassat, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal); Clara Menéndez, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), and Jaume Ordi, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)

Saber de qué mueren las personas es crucial para poder tomar medidas que lo eviten. Sin embargo, la falta de datos fiables juega en nuestra contra en algunos países.
Manifestantes antimascarillas, antivacunas y antitest de covid en Londres en agosto de 2020. Shutterstock / T Salci

El escepticismo ante las vacunas: un reto en la era de la covid-19

Jeffrey V Lazarus, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal); Camila Picchio, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal); Cristina Rius i Gibert, l'Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, and Scott C. Ratzan, CUNY Graduate Center

Se espera que en un tiempo récord se desarrolle una vacuna contra la covid-19 segura y eficaz, cuya aprobación podría producirse en algún momento de 2021.
The increasingly well-coordinated global anti-vaccine movement has repurposed itself to challenge the very reality of COVID-19. Hasan Esen/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

COVID-19: A global survey shows worrying signs of vaccine hesitancy

Scott C. Ratzan, CUNY Graduate Center; Agnes Binagwaho, University of Global Health Equity; Heidi Larson, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Jeffrey V Lazarus, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal); Kenneth Rabin, CUNY Graduate Center, and Lawrence O. Gostin, Georgetown University

A safe, effective COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be developed in record time and may be approved for production, distribution and acceptance some time in 2021.
The main concern when talking about the liveability of a city like Melbourne should be sustaining the health and well-being of residents. Leonid Andronov/Shutterstock

Seven steps Melbourne can take to regain its ‘liveable city’ crown

Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)

Rather than mourn the end of a seven-year reign as ‘world’s most liveable city’, Melbourne could raise its sights to become more liveable, healthy and sustainable for all who live in the city.

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