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A new study co-authored by Femida Handy of the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania finds that, among older adults, voting predicts a lower risk of mortality for up to 15 years.
Apr 23, 2026
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A majority of U.S. adults agrees that health care is a right, not a privilege, and that the nation should aim to eliminate health inequities for everyone, according to a new report from the Institute for Policy Solutions ...
Apr 21, 2026
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Individuals exposed to adverse neighborhood social factors in early adulthood demonstrated a higher risk of developing coronary artery calcification in midlife, a key measure of early cardiovascular disease, according to ...
Apr 21, 2026
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New research from the University of Oxford finds that more than one in five children born after 2013 experience poverty for at least half of their childhood (from birth to age ten). The study provides the first comprehensive ...
Apr 13, 2026
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It has been six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but one question remains relevant: Who should be first in line when vaccines are scarce? When COVID-19 vaccines first became available, supply was limited and ...
Apr 9, 2026
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Many patients with firearm injuries are treated at hospitals with violence intervention programs, but only about 1 in 5 ultimately receive these services, according to a national analysis published in the Journal of the American ...
Apr 7, 2026
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As the COVID-19 pandemic upended virtually every aspect of people's lives, one critical question loomed large for millions of low-income and underserved health care patients: Would they still be able to see their own doctor? ...
Apr 7, 2026
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Japan's transition to a super-aged society is intensifying pressure on health care and social security spending. In response, national policy has promoted "Compact Plus Network" planning, which encourages people to live near ...
Apr 6, 2026
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Future doctors may no longer be required to learn about how social and economic factors affect health.
Mar 30, 2026
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Pollutants can harm human health and enter the body through the air people breathe, the water they drink and the food they eat. Yet even as evidence of widespread exposure has been found in populations around the world, researchers ...
Mar 26, 2026
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