Public Health

Initially developed in the 1950s, nitazenes are a type of synthetic opioid that has reappeared in Philadelphia’s street drug supply.

At a time when hospital executives cite staffing issues as their most pressing concern, new research digs into why nurses are quitting.

An Urban analysis of medical debt in Colorado offers policymakers evidence of medical debt accumulation in immigrant-dense communities and promising strategies for alleviating it.

What contaminated applesauce pouches reveal about how lead exposure actually happens.

Four years into the pandemic, disabled people interviewed by The 19th described feeling isolated and hopeless.

Hospitals with the special designation won’t offer inpatient care. (Photo by G. Rosenke, Unsplash) Rural hospitals that are struggling finan…

A recent report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) finds that federal and state policies affecting food bank donations fail to prioritize nutritious food donations over unhealthy donations.…

An anthropologist who wrote a book exploring meth’s impact on rural communities explains what drove the epidemic and how it’s changed.

The care at Landmark of Louisville Rehabilitation and Nursing was abysmal when state inspectors filed their survey report of the Kentucky facility on July 3, 2021. Residents wandered the halls…

The COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on the shortcomings within the country’s social safety net— especially in the case of food security. The drastic rise in unemployment, lost access to…

Local governments are increasingly buying – and forgiving – their residents’ medical debt.

Navigating healthcare can often be an intimidating experience for many of us. The clinical environment, the impersonal interactions, and the uncertainty about whether our needs will be understood and respected…