Agrowing body of evidence indicates that poor health early in life can leave lasting scars on adult health and economic outcomes. While much of this literature focuses on childhood experiences,…
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Aerosols in indoor air can vary in acidity, and the acidity determines how long viruses remain infectious in the air, research finds. Viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and others travel…
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The gap in healthcare coverage following incarceration leads to high rates of death just after release: During just the first two weeks after release from prison, people leaving custody face…
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When rural hospitals close, nearby hospitals see increased emergency department visits and admissions as a result, research finds. Since 2005, more than 180 rural hospitals in the United States have…
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The year 2022 brought increased awareness and concern to the mental health crisis among children and adolescents in the United States. While this year’s urgency is directly linked to the…
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Black patients do not have the same level of access to new, safer heart surgery procedures as white patients, a new study suggests. Traditional heart surgery, which involves fully opening…
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In 2022 the blows to global cooperation came hard and fast. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine not only threatened the lives of millions of Ukrainians and violated the UN Charter, but…
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The announcement by celebrated singer Celine Dion in early December 2022 that she has stiff-person syndrome – a rare neurological disorder – stunned the world and led to an outpouring…
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Click here for more.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced the United States is experiencing another wave of respiratory illnesses, with flu hospitalizations reaching their highest level in a decade,…
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March will mark two years since schools had to switch to remote learning, district leaders frantically bought education tech products and teachers scrambled to make them work with their lesson…
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CC BY-NC-ND A new Texas law bans nearly all abortions, and other states have indicated that they likely will follow suit. But the research is clear that people who want…
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Integrating behavioral health into primary care has long been a goal of health policymakers throughout the health system. Primary care settings are touched by most people and offer a setting…