This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Tisha Guthrie learned in 2009 that she’d received a housing voucher that would help with her rent in Baltimore, she was excited. She’d joined the waiting list five years…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Detecting illness early among nursing home residents not only improves patient health outcomes, but also reduces avoidable hospitalizations and saves the facilities money, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Agriculture Department’s announcement that it is revising the food package on which benefit levels in the SNAP program (formerly known as food stamps) are based to reflect changes in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New disease outbreaks, like the novel coronavirus that recently emerged in China’s Hubei province, generate headlines and attention. Meanwhile, however, Americans face a slower but much more pervasive health crisis:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Researchers have discovered a link between poverty and smaller, slower growing brain regions. Children in poverty are more likely to have cognitive and behavioral difficulties than their better-off peers. Plenty…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Texas Supreme Court on Sunday temporarily blocked mask mandates in Dallas and Bexar counties, marking a pivotal moment in the showdown between state and local government as coronavirus cases…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People who work outside increasingly risk their income, illness and even death as climate change ramps up extreme heat. That’s according to a first-of-its-kind study from the Union of Concerned Scientists, titled…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially recommended on Aug. 12 and Aug. 13, 2021, respectively, that people who are moderately to severely…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the Taliban retook Kabul this past Sunday, observers around the world have worried about what the religious group’s control will mean for Afghanistan’s women, its internal security, its education system, its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hospitals have long embraced the practice of outsourcing some services to specialized companies. Much of this outsourcing is for nonclinical tasks such as laundry, information technology and cybersecurity, and outsourcing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sexual minorities are less likely to be employed or to have health insurance than their straight peers, a new U.S. study suggests. They are also more likely to report being in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Race and address may increase risk for diabetes-related amputation, according to a new study. The findings show that diabetes-related toe and foot amputations are higher in rural and Western American…