Health

The climate movement has lessons for all social impact practitioners working to create a more just and healthy world.

American youth are facing a mental health crisis of unprecedented proportions. Even before the pandemic, nearly 50 percent of adolescents in the United States experienced symptoms of a mental illness. Of that…

There are no standards on comprehensive counseling for transgender men on how to preserve their fertility while undergoing gender-affirming medical procedures, according to a new study. The study, published in…

We spoke with stakeholders across the ecosystem and distilled five bold ideas for how behavioral science can advance sexual and reproductive health.

Three years since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health conditions and substance use disorders are still on an upward trend. The reasons for the steady increase…

In February, the New York Times Editorial Board announced: “Foreign Aid is Having a Reckoning.” This reckoning based on the Black Lives Matter movement is not just isolated to foreign…

This week marks one year since an unspeakable act of violence was carried out in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. One year since a gunman stole …

This paper intends to explore, focusing on the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4), quality education for all, and will extend and…

Biased algorithms in health care can lead to inaccurate diagnoses and delayed treatment. Deciding which variables to include to achieve fair health outcomes depends on how you approach fairness.

Mitigating the scourge of chronic disease, which afflicts more than half of Americans and consumes 86% of our nation’s healthcare expenditures, depends heavily on patients’ ability to improve their health…

Photo by E+, Getty Images via Kaiser Health News Black babies born in Southern states have an alarmingly higher risk of dying before the age…

Health-tracking devices and apps are becoming part of everyday life. More than 300,000 mobile phone applications claim to help with managing diverse personal health issues, from monitoring blood glucose levels…