This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Opioid settlements with pharmaceutical companies have already occurred, and there are more to come. Settlement funds could save lives and mitigate lifelong harms from opioid misuse if they are allocated…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When heat waves hit, people start looking for anything that might lower the temperature. One solution is right beneath our feet: pavement. Think about how hot the soles of your…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Vaccinating rural communities to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic is no simple task and NRHA understands the unique issues and viewpoints you face as a rural health stakeholder leading the way.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Bella Hughes remembers picking up seashells on Waimānalo Beach in Hawaiʻi as a kid. Today, she says her children pick up microplastics. “Being from an island, our resources are precious,”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As vaccines become available for younger people, Nathan Price has answers about COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness and the risk of side effects in children. A rise in adolescent hospitalizations in March…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new podcast has launched in Iran to encourage women to share their domestic abuse experiences and challenge societal taboos to make their voices heard. In each episode, a different woman joins the founder Maryam (whose…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many of the strategies critical to ensuring public health, such as lockdowns, stay-at-home orders, social isolation, and social distancing, have a profound impact on families experiencing intimate partner violence, also…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Health Forward Foundation is celebrating 15 years of grantmaking. In this time, the foundation has anchored access to safety net health care for those most in need in the Kansas…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new method that uses smartphone-derived images can identify potentially harmful bacteria on the skin and in the mouth, research shows. The approach can visually identify microbes on skin contributing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Walking through twisting and turning pathways, I follow a team of three community health workers through a neighborhood in Kano, Nigeria. It’s sticky and hot as the afternoon sun beats…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Deaths in assisted-living facilities were significantly higher in 2020 than in 2019, according to a new study. The findings show the crucial need to pay specific attention assisted living residences…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Although COVID-19 has swept across the entire country, its burden has not been spread equally. Some communities—particularly those with a large minority population—suffer high infection rates, hospitalizations, and deaths. “Our…