The United States is experiencing its highest overall death rates in more than a century, fueled in part by drug overdose mortality. The origins of the current epidemic are due, at least in part, to a 1986 World Health Organization ...
Sep 12, 2023
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The link between socioeconomic position and health has long been established. In other words, the wealthier people are, the better health outcomes they have. A new study from the University of Kansas dives deeper, examining ...
Apr 4, 2023
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Interventions to improve nutrition, especially for children and pregnant women, can be critical for health, physical growth and cognitive development, enabling better lives and futures. Reams of policy papers will attest ...
Dec 13, 2022
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The NHS Race and Health Observatory is calling for the development of a central data repository to map improvements around reducing poor outcomes in maternal and neonatal healthcare for Black, Asian and ethnic minority women.
Dec 8, 2022
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For many people, being able to engage in everyday life is something they take for granted. Gaining employment, finding a place to live and pursuing travel, leisure and social activities become more about "which" movie to ...
Dec 1, 2022
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While nearly 6 million adolescents and young adults in the United States have a substance use disorder, only 8% receive treatment, according to data collected in 2019. This treatment gap is a critical problem, says Deepa ...
Aug 15, 2022
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Affiliation may protect some financially distressed rural hospitals from closure, according to a study published online July 1 in JAMA Health Forum.
Jul 6, 2022
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Closing schools and workplaces appear to have been the most effective strategies to mitigate deaths from COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic's first wave, according to a study of 130 countries.
Jun 17, 2022
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Yale researchers have found that prolonged school disruptions, such as those endured by so many children during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulted in a significant loss in reading abilities for disadvantaged children.
Mar 7, 2022
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New study reports that early in the 2020 pandemic in the United States, one-third of cancer survivors worried about treatment and cancer care disruptions. Using a mixed methods approach, investigators utilized survivors' ...
Feb 24, 2021
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