The Other NEET Factor: How Individuals Not in Education, Employment, and Training Make Measuring Unemployment Difficult

Unemployment among younger workers in the labour force has been a worrying global trend from the turn of the century. According to the International Labour

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Environmental Factor – February 2019: Art from the cutting edge of science

When “The Beautiful Brain” opened Jan. 25 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), the show of anatomical drawings by Spanish artist

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Environmental Factor – February 2019: Infectious disease and the environment — a two-way street

Chemical exposures may prime the immune system for more extreme responses to infection, and infectious diseases influence the body’s response to exposures. The need to

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Environmental Factor – February 2019: Autism spectrum disorders may stem from multiple factors

Hertz-Picciotto spoke on “Genes, Environment, Autism, and Precision Public Health: At the Nexus of Multi-Factor Etiology and Environmental Justice.’ (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw) Diagnosed

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Environmental Factor – March 2019: NIEHS shows much love for charities

NIEHS employees came together to raise nearly $100,000 for the 2018 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). These contributions, in addition to those at the National Institutes

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Environmental Factor – March 2019: Damon Tweedy headlines NIEHS Diversity Speaker Series

The NIEHS Diversity Speaker Series celebrated its first anniversary and Black History Month Feb. 14 with a compelling discussion on race and medicine. It featured

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Environmental Factor – March 2019: Oscars-style show spotlights NIEHS merit awards

Cynthia Rider, Ph.D., and Kyla Taylor, Ph.D., both from the Division of the National Toxicology Program (DNTP), put an Academy Awards-style twist on the annual

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Environmental Factor – March 2019: Kembra Howdeshell honored by Teratology Society

Howdeshell’s current efforts include work with an NIEHS team to integrate published findings in the CLARITY-BPA program, including studies on reproductive development. (Photo courtesy of

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Environmental Factor – March 2019: Intramural papers of the month

IntramuralBy Robin Arnette, Carol Kelly, Rajneesh Pathania, and Andrew Trexler NIEHS and NTP report life experiences may alter DNA methylation Scientists at NIEHS and the

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Environmental Factor – March 2019: Extramural Papers of the Month

ExtramuralBy Sara Amolegbe Novel mechanism for manganese regulation in the brain NIEHS grantees showed that brain manganese is regulated by activity of the gene SLC30A10

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