Health

Spurred federal grants for counseling, schools and colleges are recruiting and retaining more school mental health providers.

High temperatures could lead to 235,000 ER visits and 56,000 hospital admissions for heat-related conditions annually.

Learning from global peers and using the sustainable development goals as a framework for measuring progress, US cities are accelerating solutions to social problems.

Nearly three years ago, the Creek fire devastated the community of Big Creek and the town’s only elementary school.

When the board of a foundation dedicated to innovation in healthcare delivery asked, “What could we achieve with advocacy?”, the question changed the entire trajectory of its philanthropy. Executive Director…

If we want to help children during this ongoing student mental health crisis, families will need resources that are private, on-demand, accessible at home — and which make it easier for parents to cut through fear and shame.

No matter their age, gender, ethnicity or locale, kids undergoing this therapy can make real progress in recovering from the most devastating traumas.

Teacher turnover is up since the pandemic. Morale is down. Fewer people want to become teachers. High-poverty schools face persistent difficulties keeping teachers.

Abortion bans and restrictions have numerous downstream effects on health care. For instance, medical students in states where those laws exist will not receive training for some standard procedures.

June is Men’s Health Month, and while the focus is on men’s attitudes about their health, we’ve also been reflecting on the health sector’s attitudes about men.  Learn more.

More than 11 million migrants who lack papers live in the United States, and many of them are ineligible for health coverage.

Two experts offer insights on what seems to be a particularly troubling time for public health, both in the US and internationally. The first US case of polio in ten…