Health

A new report lays out steps communities can take to help their residents survive heat waves as the risk of dangerous temperatures rises.

Concern about mental health has skyrocketed since the COVID pandemic. In May of this year, Dr. Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general of the USA, issued an advisory about another pandemic, one that preceded…

Native Americans sent to government-funded schools now experience significantly higher rates of mental and physical health problems than those who did not.

Just over a month after the Supreme Court struck down 50 years of federal protection of abortion rights in the U.S., at least 43 abortion clinics in 11 states have…

Exhaustion, low pay, and poor benefits for those working to improve their communities and mobilize others are issues that grantmakers — especially those practicing social change philanthropy — can help eradicate.…

A look back to the 19th century puts contemporary cultural appropriation of Indigenous spiritual practices and healing in context.

Black and Hispanic patients are 14% more likely to have judgment language in their home health care notes than are white patients.

Changing workplace culture and the way jobs are designed can stave off depression, anxiety and burnout.

Older people have borne a higher burden of illness and death from COVID-19, with people 65 and older experiencing higher rates of hospitalization and death. That’s only part of the…

Some transgender and gender-diverse college students are at a heightened risk of developing an eating disorder, research shows. Just before swimmer Schuyler Bailar made history as the first openly transgender…

According to IDEO, analogous inspiration projects are “a form of exploration that takes a team outside of its industry to find inspiration in the ways others have tackled similar challenges”. With…

“Frustration is surging among the low-wage workers who make up the backbone of the nursing-home industry, as tens of thousands of their colleagues call out sick with Covid-19, inflaming shortages…