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A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry reinforces the idea that air pollution affects the brain just as much as it does the heart and lungs. The research found that long-term exposure to even low levels of pollution increased the risk of depression and anxiety.
New research finds a link between mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety and years of exposure to relatively low levels of pollution.
Officials say an onslaught of infections has slowed, and many people seem eager to move on. But fresh flare-ups could bring more illness and deaths.
Reported death toll surges to 72,000 after zero-Covid restrictions lifted; some experts estimate 1m deaths
Covid-19 swept swiftly through southern China's rural mountain villages last month, and the wave appears to have subsided -- supporting expert theories that the country's most recent outbreak preceded the lifting of restrictions.