Implementation of a state-level insurance policy that prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression can increase access to gender-affirming surgical care, according to a new study by The Ohio State ...
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An estimated 53 million people in the U.S. turned to food banks and community programs for help putting food on the table in 2021. In recent decades, food banks have adopted policies and practices to make sure people not ...
Mar 14, 2023
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Financial disruption as a result of pandemic containment policies in the United States adversely influenced children's mental health, according to a new study co-led by Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University investigators. ...
Mar 13, 2023
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A recent series of three papers authored by Caitlin Lombardi demonstrate the effects of publicly funded health insurance for parents on three different metrics of children's health and development. The newest, published in ...
Mar 13, 2023
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If a newborn tests positive for certain drugs after birth, mandated reporters in many states—including health care professionals and social workers—are required to report it to Child Protective Services.
Mar 8, 2023
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March 11 marks three years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. As the virus spread, a pattern emerged: communities with a lower socioeconomic status tended to be disproportionately impacted.
Mar 8, 2023
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The first global study to investigate how gender equality may be associated with life expectancy has found that both women and men live longer as it improves.
Mar 6, 2023
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In the most comprehensive analysis of ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 health outcomes to date, a major new global study has found that ethnic minority groups experienced higher rates of severe illness and death during the ...
Mar 6, 2023
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A new tool to value the health effects of urban development proposals has been revealed by researchers at the Universities of Bristol and Bath and published in Frontiers in Public Health.
Mar 6, 2023
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There's no cure, yet, for Alzheimer's disease. But dozens of programs developed in the past 20 years can improve the lives of both people living with dementia and their caregivers.
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