Human Services

The consumption of sugary drinks worldwide increased at least 16% since 1990, but regional intake widely varied, researchers report.

“…the US has really focused on pushing breastfeeding as a goal, but we have done that without thinking through all of the relative costs…”…

From institutionalized discrimination to pandemic lay-offs, people with disabilities have struggled to retain stable employment. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the employment rate of Americans with disabilities was 17.9 percent by the…

In recent years, women in the geosciences have developed new trainings, like the FieldSafe program, to make the work more inclusive and equip researchers with strategies to intervene.

How an innovative stakeholder-shareholder investment model is helping smallholder farmers grow and thrive.

The people of Lāhainā are centering local voices to design a future that is more sustainable for the land and its people.

The scramble to assist the thousands of refugees who fled Afghanistan is on as the humanitarian crisis in that country grows more dire. Haiti’s recovery from an earthquake on Aug.…

In-person employees are more than twice as likely to experience sexual harassment at work compared to remote employees, a new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll shows.

There should be no mistake that the traditional narrative on philanthropy and civil society — including the wide array of organizations from unincorporated grassroots groups to multinational non-profit establishments, and…

Apprentice program takes the lead from Germany and starts at 15, finishes by high school graduation.

LGBTQ+ job seekers are looking for signs of authentic support from companies and organizations, a study finds.

Wildland firefighters need the endurance of a cyclist in the Tour de France, and the work takes a toll on their bodies. A physiologist explains what’s at stake.