Active Design: Affordable Designs for Affordable Housing is a new report that builds on the Active Design Guidelines published by New York City in 2010. The report examines strategies and costs for incorporating active design ...
May 15, 2013
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(HealthDay) -- Older Americans are living longer, healthier lives than in past generations, according to new government research. However, rising obesity rates and high housing costs could take a toll on these gains in longevity, ...
Aug 16, 2012
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Three anti-smoking groups announced Tuesday that they have sued the U.S. government yet again after it missed its latest deadline for enacting a ban on menthol cigarettes.
Apr 3, 2024
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More than 2 million people in the United States have hepatitis C, but most are not getting the safe treatment that can cure the disease, public health officials said Thursday.
Jun 29, 2023
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Recent high food price inflation has plagued many Canadian families, especially those on tight budgets. Statistics Canada reported in October that in-store food prices increased at a faster rate than the all-items Consumer ...
Nov 25, 2022
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New research suggests that housing insecurity—high housing costs or unsafe living conditions that prevent self-care and threaten independence—may have negative effects on kidney health. The findings appear in an upcoming ...
Apr 1, 2020
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Smoking will be prohibited in public housing developments nationwide under a final rule announced Wednesday by the Obama administration.
Nov 30, 2016
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At William Mead Homes, where people live in 415 tidy if aging red-brick apartments on the edge of downtown Los Angeles, opinions on the federal government's proposed ban on smoking both inside and outside of all public housing ...
Nov 12, 2015
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President Barack Obama wants to cut health care costs by reducing inefficiencies like unnecessarily long hospital stays and excessive paperwork for doctors that rack up big bills.
Mar 25, 2015
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Some of the nation's largest cities are ratcheting up their criticism of prescription painkillers, blaming the industry for a wave of addiction and overdoses that have ravaged their communities and busted local budgets.
Sep 16, 2014
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