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Health systems joining efforts to reduce homelessness

From developing housing to deploying mobile medical units, most of the nation's large health systems are investing in efforts to alleviate homelessness—and, in turn, reduce emergency care costs, new Cornell research finds.

Study highlights link between eviction rates and gun violence

Violent crime has fallen to historic lows in Chicago, although gun violence continues to plague neighborhoods with concentrated poverty. A 2023 study of five major cities showed that more than 55% of shootings occurred in ...

Reversing racism's toll on heart health

Researchers from Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota have published a paper in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, which provides a new framework describing how racism affects heart health among people ...