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People with disagreeable personalities (selfish, combative, and manipulative) do not have an advantage in attaining power within their organization.

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Long-term exposure to air pollution is linked to an increase in COVID-19 mortality rate.

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Glyphosate, the active ingredient in herbicides such as Roundup, harms freshwater plankton biodiversity important to freshwater ecosystems.

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COVID-19-related psychological distress was linked to heavier drinking in women, but not men.

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If 95% of people wear masks in public, approximately 130,000 American lives could be saved from the COVID-19 pandemic over five months this fall and winter.

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More than half of COVID-19 patients may have heart muscle inflammation months after their recovery.

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The risk of hearing loss at some point in your lifetime increases with the number of cigarettes smoked. The risk of hearing loss decreases each year after quitting.

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7-11 year-olds had a harder time responding to emotional cues when their sleep was restricted to six hours or less. The effects were stronger in kids with anxiety symptoms.

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COVID-19 infection rates in children are significantly higher among racial and ethnic minorities and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds in the United States.

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Worry over mask shortages during the COVID-19 outbreak in Hong Kong led to sleep disturbances (insomnia, worsened sleep quality, difficulty falling asleep, and shortened sleep duration).

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