Health

Social factors, not hypertension or obesity, may explain why Black Americans are more likely to die of heart disease than whites.

Children living within 1 mile of at least one natural gas well were 5 to 7 times more likely to develop lymphoma, a Pennsylvania study found.

The George Institute for Global Health, India in collaboration with the Southeast Asia Region of the International Working Group for Health Systems Strengthening (IWG) is proud to present their sixth iteration of…

LaToya Winton, a school counselor in Chicago, sees the devastating effects of gun violence on the young people she works with.

Mental health care is critical for survivors, but access often comes with a slew of challenges.

The needs of pregnant and postpartum people are often forgotten in climate disasters. A team of nurses, midwives and a mental health provider in Hawaii have mobilized to help.

Wildfires and agriculture and farming emissions may be the top sources of air pollution linked to increased risk of dementia, research finds.

Black women died during or soon after pregnancy at higher rates than any other racial group in every year from 1999 to 2019. American Indian and Alaska Native women had the greatest increase in risk during this period.

From the front lines of climate change and health inequities, city leaders are collaborating on solutions and learning from one another how best to rise and meet these challenges.

An updated meta-analysis was published in July 2023 in the peer-reviewed journal Child Development. It was conducted by 14 researchers, the majority from Yale University, and it also found good results for SEL interventions in schools while simultaneously broadening the category of “social and…

The governor’s proposal to radically revise the Mental Health Services Act, a proposal that will have a dramatic impact on our youth, potentially reducing funding for mental health services for youth by millions of dollars.

Kaiser Family Foundation graph, from its Health Tracking Poll (July 11-19) data Rural Americans are much more likely to say that they or a f…