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Researchers map heat inequities in Knoxville, finding higher temperatures in lower-income areas

It's sweltering in East Tennessee, but it turns out some people in Knoxville's lower-income communities feel the heat more.

COVID-19 Isolation Linked to Increased Domestic Violence, Researchers Suggest

Financial Stress Contributes February 24, 2021 While COVID-19-related lockdowns may have decreased the spread of a deadly virus, they appear to have created an ideal environment for increased domestic violence. Extra stress in the COVID-19 pandemic caused by income loss, and lack of ability to pay for housing and food has exacerbated the often silent epidemic of intimate partner violence, suggests a new University of California, Davis, study. VIOLENCE IN THE PANDEMIC Data collected in surveys of nearly 400 adults for 10 weeks beginning in April 2020 suggest that more services and communication are needed so that even front-line health and food bank workers, for example rather than only social workers, doctors and therapists can spot the signs and ask clients questions about potential intimate partner violence. They could then help lead victims to resources, said Clare Cannon, assistant professor of social and environmental justice in the Department of Human Ecology and the le

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