Wildfire smoke linked to thousands of premature deaths every year in California alone
When wildfires rage, the immediate threat is obvious—but smoke from the fires actually kills far more people than the flames.
Jul 8, 2024
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When wildfires rage, the immediate threat is obvious—but smoke from the fires actually kills far more people than the flames.
Jul 8, 2024
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A recent study by Silvia Loi and colleagues examines how life events like job loss and divorce affect the health of immigrants using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. They find that immigrants experience more rapid ...
May 15, 2024
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Nearly 1 in 5 older adults in central Ohio report not being prepared for emergencies, such as extreme weather events, or not knowing if they are ready.
Apr 19, 2024
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Researchers from the International Blast Injury Research Network at the University of Southampton conducted a survey to understand how the mental health of displaced Ukrainians has been affected by the ongoing war. Their ...
Apr 11, 2024
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Providing Medicaid to pregnant undocumented immigrants more than makes up for the initial costs, according to University of Michigan research.
Jan 25, 2024
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Cesareans are surging in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which has one of the world's highest rates with more than 50% of babies now delivered via surgery compared with only 32% on the U.S. mainland, according to a federal ...
Jan 10, 2024
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Money may not buy happiness, as the saying goes, but it can buy health—to an extent. A new study from the University of Kansas has found that the same amount of wealth does not ensure the same level of positive health outcomes ...
Dec 5, 2023
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Most people with chronic back pain naturally think their pain is caused by injuries or other problems in the body such as arthritis or bulging disks. But our research team has found that thinking about the root cause of pain ...
Nov 6, 2023
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Living in a neighborhood with better access to resources such as high-quality housing, healthy food, parks and playgrounds, and clean air during the early stages of childhood was associated with lower asthma incidence in ...
Aug 28, 2023
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Ninety years after the Home Owners' Loan Corporation enacted the discriminatory practice of color-coding neighborhoods by desirability for mortgage lenders, redlined neighborhoods—areas inhabited largely by Black families—continue ...
Mar 16, 2023
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