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Read what major media outlets are saying about our work.Health Check: What brain scans tell us
Shocking results showing a global shortage of 43 million medical staff are discussed with study lead author Professor Rafael Lozano. Interview with Dr. Lozano starts at 9:29 of the podcast.
Por qué el futuro de la humanidad podría depender de África
La proyección más reciente, realizada en 2020 por el Instituto de Métricas y Evaluaciones de Salud (IHME) de la Universidad de Washington y publicada en la revista científica The Lancet, indica que para finales de este siglo 183 de los 195 países del mundo tendrán una tasa de fertilidad por debajo de los niveles requeridos para reemplazar a su población.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: The damage to the human body caused by firearms
According to an analysis by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, the US ranks first in firearm homicides per capita among high-income countries of more than 10 million
Guj paradox: high GDP, low nutrition
The Lancet report 'The Burden of Child and Maternal Malnutrition and Trends in its Indicators in the States of India: The Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2017' had also put Gujarat at the top in child wasting and sixth in child stunting among Indian states.
Explainer: Are guns illegal in Canada? Key questions answered
Canada's rate of firearm homicides is 0.5 per 100,000 people, versus the United States' rate of 4.12, the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) said in a 2021 analysis.
The U.S. is uniquely terrible at protecting children from gun violence
Compared to countries of all sizes and incomes, the firearm-related death rate in the U.S. ranks 32nd in the world, according to a study by the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
Another School Massacre, Putin’s Troops Advance: Weekend Reads
Gun violence deaths per 100,000 people in developed economies chart sources: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, United Nations.
Toronto police kill man carrying gun near schools
Canada’s rate of firearm homicides is 0.5 per 100,000 people, far lower than the U.S. rate of 4.12, according to a 2021 analysis by the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
Factbox: How Canada, Australia, UK changed laws after mass shootings
Canada's rate of firearm homicides is 0.5 per 100,000 people, versus the United States' rate of 4.12, the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) said in a 2021 analysis.
How America fails children
The firearm homicide rate for US children ages 0-14 is astronomical compared to other wealthy nations, according to data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, with hundreds of budding American lives lost every year.
When will we know if COVID is seasonal?
"Right now, we have a highly infectious virus, and we have waning immunity," said Dr. Ali Mokdad, of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington in Seattle. "So people are susceptible to the virus even in summer."
Qué es lo que deberíamos hacer (y no hacemos) para evitar morir antes de tiempo
Para poder saber cuáles son las causas que nos hacen perder más años de vida saludable, existe un proyecto llamado Carga Global de Enfermedad (o Global Burden of Disease en inglés). Este proyecto está coordinado por el Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation y en él colaboran más de 3,000 investigadores en 146 países.
How big is the latest US coronavirus wave? No one really knows.
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimates that only about 13 percent of cases are being detected. But the organization’s director, Christopher Murray, says the United States is still in good shape and not on track to experience a surge of omicron subvariants like that seen in Britain.
Lancet study: Pollution killed 2.3 million Indians in 2019
In an update of a 2015 estimate on premature deaths caused by pollution, the Lancet study said that data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study 2019 (GBD) showed that pollution "remains responsible for approximately nine million deaths per year."
Pollution killing 9 million people a year, Africa hardest hit - study
For their most recent study, published in the online journal Lancet Planetary Health, the authors analyzed 2019 data from the Global Burden of Disease, an ongoing study by the University of Washington that assesses overall pollution exposure and calculates mortality risk.