Health

Hunger and famine will persist and there will be unequal recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic unless more women in rural and urban areas hold leadership positions with…

A pediatrician and preventive medicine physician explains how measles vaccines became victims of their own success and the risk that rising outbreaks pose to everyone.

Whenever a mass shooting takes place in schools, public discussion often focuses on laws or policies that might have prevented the tragedy. But averting school violence needs more than gun…

Permanent housing, employment, and professional and/or peer support “are better than keeping people in jail and they’re 100% cheaper.”…

#AskHer: Addressing Disparities in Black Women’s Mental Health ft. Dr.Tyffani Dent…

Many incentive programs promote e-bike use, but they aren’t necessarily targeting the right people for the right reasons.

Antidepressant dispensing to adolescents and young adults increased sharply after the COVID-19 pandemic began, researchers report.

Many people wrongly assume that cannabis use during pregnancy is safe. Research is increasingly documenting a host of serious health harms from prenatal exposure to cannabis and other substances.

Living in violent neighborhoods can change children’s brain development, but parents can shield them from the detrimental effects.

A new study suggests that exposure to green spaces in urban areas has positive benefits for mental health.

Getting a diagnosis of a rare disease is a devastating experience. Not recognizing the name of the condition is part of it, but even more draining is the rollercoaster of…

1982 protests in The Warren, NC are considered one of the earliest examples of the environmental justice movement. A manufacturer of electrical transformers dumped tons of cancer-causing PCB waste along…