population
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Complicating matters are the declining and aging population, and the reimbursement rates to rural hospitals which Durrett said "simply don't cover the cost to provide said care."
From Barron's β Oct. 30, 2026
The population of Kherson has dwindled from over 250,000 to about 65,000 since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which will enter its sixth year in February.
From BBC β Oct. 29, 2026
Brazil and Mexico, the first and third geographically largest countries in Latin America, together account for more than half of the region’s total population and economic output.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 29, 2026
For early humans, access to such environments could have made the difference between surviving in an unfamiliar landscape and being unable to sustain a population.
From Science Daily β Oct. 29, 2026
One of the oldest cities in Siberia, with a population of half a million, Tomsk, and the huge territory around it, had a serious MDR problem.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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“Given that the majority of terrestrial birds rely on insects as a primary food source for reproduction and survival, the persistence of insectivorous bird populations is inextricably linked to insect conservation.”
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 29, 2026
The report authors say there are limitations to the data with both boards at the end of the range serving small island populations, where a few prescriptions can make a big difference to prescribing rates.
From BBC β Oct. 28, 2026
Yet Indigenous and enslaved African populations did not simply take on these symbols of subjugation; they absorbed and subverted them.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 28, 2026
Scientists are moving beyond the broad observation that senescent cells contribute to age-related decline and toward identifying which populations cause the greatest problems, what makes them harmful and how those specific effects could be controlled.
From Science Daily β Oct. 27, 2026
The rise of food production in China spawned several great prehistoric movements of human populations, or of cultural traits, or of both.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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