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  • Why Dental Care For Rural Residents Is Not Always Accessible

    The Rural Blog Sep 2, 2023

    Dr. Jessica Meeske of Hastings, Neb., works on a patient. (Photo by Laura Beahm, Flatwater Free Press) Toothaches can cause a lot of pain an…

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  • Technology Can Help Highest-risk Communities Facing Heat-related Illnesses

    Smart Cities Dive Sep 1, 2023

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  • Medicare Starts a Long Road to Cutting Prices for Drugs

    The Conversation Sep 1, 2023

    The drug pricing reform may drastically lower prices for some of the most critical life-saving drugs in the long run. But numerous obstacles stand in the way.

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  • Strengthening Access and Rights for Indigenous Communities Through Address Specialists

    YES! Magazine Sep 1, 2023

    Emergency healthcare, mail delivery, broadband internet, government-issued IDs, and the right to vote often require a physical address.

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  • Anti-racist Policies and Practices for Healthy Communities

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Aug 31, 2023

    Two global health practitioners explore how anti-racist policies and practices in global communities can inform efforts across borders to build a more equitable, healthy world.

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  • Prescriptions for Fruits and Vegetables Can Improve the Health of People with Diabetes and Other Ailments

    The Conversation Aug 31, 2023

    When people taking part in 22 pilot programs across the US got free fruits and vegetables, their health improved.

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  • The Potential of Cooling Centers For Extreme Heat

    Grist Aug 31, 2023

    Lack of information, poor transit access, and plain old boredom keep people away from public cooling facilities.

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  • FDA’s Greenlighting Of Maternal RSV Vaccine Represents A Major Step Forward In Protecting Young Babies Against The Virus

    The Conversation Aug 28, 2023

    Nearly 100,000 US children under age 5 are hospitalized each year for an RSV infection.

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  • Equitable Healthcare for Elderly Populations

    Brookings Aug 25, 2023

    Artificial intelligence (AI) can be leveraged to improve communication between medical teams, patients, and their families, and caregivers.

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  • This Cold, Flu, and Virus Season Will Be Different

    Futurity Aug 25, 2023

    An epidemiologist explains what you should know for respiratory virus season after last year’s “tripledemic” of flu, COVID, and RSV.

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  • How Health Situation Analysis Can Advance Housing Opportunities

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Aug 24, 2023

    By employing health situation analysis, developers can create real estate projects that generate new value by rooting community well-being in place. Open access to this article is made possible by Biositu, LLC.

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  • Kenyan Farmers Paid the Price for a UN-backed Fight Against Locusts

    Grist Aug 24, 2023

    Internal United Nations documents show widespread problems with its distribution of pesticides after a 2020 locust outbreak in Kenya.

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