As of April 2021, yet another worldwide wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections is threatening to bring new daily highs in the mortality associated with the COVID-19 pand
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IMAGE: Fig 3. Tree cover for United States large urbanized areas.
a.) Population-weighted median tree cover. b.) The absolute difference between low-income blocks (lowest quartile of income) and high-income blocks (highest quartile. view more
Credit: McDonald et al, 2021, PLOS ONE (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
A new analysis of thousands of U.S. communities finds that, on average, low-income urban blocks have less tree cover and are hotter than high-income blocks. Robert McDonald of The Nature Conservancy in Arlington, Virginia, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal
PLOS ONE on April 28, 2021.
Mounting research links urban tree cover with human health benefits, including reduced air pollution, better cardiovascular function, and improved mental health. Tree cover can also cool urban areas, mitigating the effects of heat waves. However, research from the U.S. and other countries suggests that urban tree
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MINNEAPOLIS - Stroke survivors who live in neighborhoods with lower socioeconomic status areas with lower household income, education levels and occupational status may have worse recovery three months after a stroke than people who live in neighborhoods with higher socioeconomic status, according to a study published in the April 28, 2021, online issue of
Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The findings applied to people with moderate to severe strokes, not people with mild strokes. People in less advantaged neighborhoods were more likely to have more disability, lower quality of life and more symptoms of depression than people in more advantaged neighborhoods, said study author Lynda D. Lisabeth, PhD, of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Reasons for this could include less access to public spaces in the neighborhood, more noise pollution, less access to support services and lower levels of perceived safety. More research i
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