Gov. Gavin Newsom, state lawmakers, and health industry leaders have a small window to reach an agreement on billions of new dollars for Medi-Cal before it's put to voters in November.
Jun 27, 2024
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A team of researchers unpacks a series of biases in epidemic research, ranging from clinical trials to data collection, and offers a game-theory approach to address them, in a new analysis. The work sheds new light on the ...
Mar 31, 2022
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Health data can include information about health-care services, health status and behaviors, medications and genetic data, in addition to demographic information like age, education and neighborhood.
Jan 23, 2023
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Mandatory calorie labelling of alcoholic drinks could possibly address both alcohol consumption and obesity. An analysis published in Obesity Reviews summaries the results of studies that have examined consumer knowledge ...
Feb 3, 2021
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The rate of opioid use among pregnant women in the United States quadrupled between 1999 and 2014 and continues to rise—an alarming trend that researchers from the University of Missouri and University of Iowa say has exposed ...
Nov 1, 2023
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The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to negative mental health effects for many in the U.S., according to new Penn State research. But the researchers also found that some coping techniques—like wearing masks ...
Sep 14, 2020
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Throwing in a scratchie or lottery ticket with your weekly shop or attending a regular bingo night might seem like a bit of harmless fun, but a new study suggests people underestimate the potentially harmful effects of these ...
Mar 2, 2021
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You may not realize it, but "nudge" has been used by businesses, policymakers and governments for years to prod the public into making different choices. Small changes in our environment can "nudge" us into different behaviors ...
Feb 15, 2024
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Rapid and radical changes to systems that currently support unhealthy unsustainable behavior are needed to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, argue experts in The BMJ today.
Oct 6, 2021
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No mass gatherings. Stay-at-home orders. Nonessential business closures. Use of cloth face coverings. In April, these and other measures were adopted by states to try to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. and across ...
Jun 19, 2020
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