Health

Implants, dentures, etc. (Photo by Jonathan Borba, Unsplash) “Tooth decay is the most common chronic disease in children and adults in the …

Manufacturers don’t usually have to disclose what’s in products like shampoo and household cleaners, but a new study finds that these products can contain hazardous ingredients.

For-profit ownership of nursing homes has resulted in poor care for patients. By leveraging employee ownership and social finance, public policy can fix this.

The push aims to help address the shortage of mental health professionals in New Jersey schools and to increase diversity among those professionals.

Vaccines are nothing short of miraculous. With a tiny amount of information, vaccines trigger our immune systems to develop defenses that neutralize deadly diseases – enabling us to prevent and…

The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that zoonotic diseases – infections that pass from animals to humans – can present tremendous threats to global health. More than 70% of emerging and…

When children walk through a school’s doors, counselor Tinisha Parker, Ph.D., understands that they’re not just carrying backpacks and lunchboxes. She knows that kids are also shouldering invisible burdens like…

It’s time for leaders in business, government, academia and philanthropy to build and test models incorporating trauma to influence social program design.

Mifepristone’s safety in medication abortions has been well established over more than two decades, but legal wrangling leaves the future of the drug hanging in the balance.

In her first year as a teacher, Stephanie Malia Krauss quickly learned that teaching fifth grade effectively involved a bigger variety of skills than …

Haitian feminists are battling centuries of patriarchal norms in their fight for abortion rights using creative means including underground networks, political activism, and art.

The oceanic phenomenon will increase temperatures and precipitation, which could fuel the spread of mosquitoes, bacteria, and toxic algae.