By now, we have a relatively good general understanding of COVID-19's physiological effects on children and teens: Compared to adults, fewer young people have gotten the virus, and those infected generally tend to have milder ...
Feb 8, 2021
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Global efforts to reduce infectious disease rates must have a greater focus on older children and adolescents after a shift in disease burden onto this demographic, according to a new study.
Jul 4, 2023
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As of July 2021, a total of 83.6 million Americans were insured through either Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Feb 21, 2022
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The COVID-19 lockdown is hitting the mental health of women, young people and parents of children under five the hardest according to a study led by researchers at The University of Manchester, King's College London and the ...
Jul 21, 2020
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Escaping the grip of opioid addiction doesn't come easily for anyone. But a new study reveals sharp racial and financial divides in which Americans receive effective treatments for opioid addiction.
May 8, 2019
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Improving the mental health and wellness of Black Americans requires acknowledging and confronting systemic racism underlying the U.S. political, social, and health care systems that create and maintain racial inequality ...
Dec 13, 2023
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Residential overcrowding, low educational attainment and low income had a crucial impact on how hard the pandemic hit various groups in the community, a study from the University of Gothenburg shows. The research is based ...
Oct 21, 2022
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Teens from low-income families experiencing food insecurity are developing the most common form of liver disease twice as often as those who have easier access to food, likely because they rely on low-cost, ultra-processed ...
Nov 7, 2023
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Alleviating food insecurity is often seen as one of the fundamental roles a country should fulfill. In some cases, this is encapsulated into a constitutionally formalized "right to food". In other cases, including the U.S., ...
Oct 19, 2019
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Not everyone who qualifies for health insurance signs up for it. Consider Medicaid, the national health insurance plan for low-income people. Across the U.S., about 14% of eligible adults and 7% of eligible children are not ...
Aug 9, 2022
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