A new study from Case Western Reserve University shows that numerous negative issues associated with lead poisoning follow children well into adulthood—building on evidence linking elevated blood-lead levels with a host ...
Jun 22, 2020
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A Western Sydney University expert has highlighted the "significant, negative long-term impacts" on young children and infants, when their mothers interact with the justice system, including if they are imprisoned.
Jun 22, 2020
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The US Justice Department sued a Chinese company for selling nearly a half million fake and substandard N95 respirator to US buyers in April as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the country.
Jun 6, 2020
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As the U.S. mourns the tragic number of lives lost due to the mindless COVID-19 virus it has also dramatically revealed how greatly institutionalized inequality and structural racism—social, economic and systemic—shapes ...
Jun 5, 2020
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Advocates and experts on domestic violence likely saw this coming: the response to keep people safe from COVID-19 would result in greater harm for victims of domestic violence. All of that time isolated and at home alone ...
May 29, 2020
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People living with disabilities, their families and carers are 'not surprise' by the death of Ann Marie Smith in her Adelaide home, an online study reveals.
May 28, 2020
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Pregnant women involved in the criminal justice system are disproportionately not receiving medications for opioid use disorder, as compared to their peers, according to a Vanderbilt-led study published today in PLOS Medicine.
May 19, 2020
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Before becoming a professor, Sarah Szanton made house calls to older adults as a nurse practitioner. On her visits, she saw how an older person's home environment can contribute to health outcomes. Now, as the Endowed Professor ...
May 6, 2020
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An innovative statewide alcohol-monitoring program that requires drunk drivers to be tested frequently for alcohol use significantly lowers the likelihood that participants will be rearrested or have probation revoked, according ...
May 6, 2020
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A Texas wellness company was barred from promoting "ozone therapy" as treatment for coronavirus following a lawsuit by the Justice Department alleging that the claim is false and could lead to harmful health consequences, ...
Apr 28, 2020
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