(2006) The world’s elderly population is quickly growing, both in its absolute numbers and in its percentage relative to the younger population—the latter trend known as population aging.
(2006) As avian flu kills a growing number of people and outbreaks of the virus are reported in birds from China to Turkey, public health officials fear a new global influenza pandemic could already be brewing.
Roe v. Wade—the landmark 1973 U.
(December 2005) Families in the Arab world are undergoing major changes as new patterns of marriage and family formation emerge across the Middle East and North Africa.
Method Could be Critical in Reducing HIV Rate for Married Women
(November 2005) As the AIDS pandemic has become globalized and feminized (see figure), women in developing countries have become more at risk for HIV infection—including married women.
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(2005) In the developed world, obesity is an object of everyday conversation and mounting public concern.
(2005) Americans perched on punctured rooftops in the blazing sun for days. Others slogged through rising floodwaters.
(2005) A working knowledge of the basic vocabulary of population geography is required in order for students to master important underlying concepts.