Health

In cities and counties across the country, summer youth employment programs (SYEPs) stand out as some of the largest and most high-profile youth workforce development initiatives around. At least, they…

As millions of people in the Northeast are exposed to toxic wildfire smoke, here’s what we know about how pregnant people can protect themselves.

Pride Month is being marked by some lawmakers in Kentucky with a renewed push to ban “conversion therapy – the discredited practice of trying to change someone’s sexual orientation or…

COVID-19 has caused more than 109 million confirmed cases, claimed more than 2.4 million lives, and even brought prosperous nations and well-run healthcare systems to their knees. Few countries have been…

More than 80% of New Yorkers who inject drugs test positive for the opioid fentanyl, but only 18% report using it intentionally.

Most older adults use patient portals than five years ago, but there are still disparities in who uses the health care platforms.

Art, music and poetry therapy can help patients feel more optimistic and less isolated as well as to embrace the uncertainty that comes with illness.

Climate change and air pollution are two major societal problems. Air pollution is responsible for millions of deaths worldwide and crop loss every year. Both climate change and air pollution…

Women are essential to global vaccination efforts around the world, overcoming gender discrimination, stigma, and even violence to protect every child against vaccine-preventable diseases. Keep reading to learn more about…

School-based health clinics are a promising response to the youth mental health crisis and provide a wide variety of services, but limited funding has slowed their spread.

Research shows that social media, with it endless promotion of unrealistic standards of beauty, has had a negative impact on millions of young people.

This year, reporters at The Palm Beach Post and ProPublica investigated the impact of sugar cane burning in Florida. The harvesting practice helps produce more than half of America’s cane sugar, but…