Health

Analysis of studies from 15 countries finds students lost over one-third of a school year’s worth of learning, on average, due to the pandemic…

Boys in disadvantaged circumstances—not just girls from wealthy backgrounds—are at increased risk of disordered eating, research finds.

Cunningham: The challenges facing special education are deep-rooted, nuanced and long term.Similar solutions are needed to address them…

Researchers are trying to understand whether ultra-processed foods erode brain health in the aging process.

Current medical standards for accessing stroke risk perform worse for Black Americans than for white Americans, research finds.

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Los Angeles had oil wells pumping in its neighborhoods when Hollywood was in its infancy, and thousands of active wells still dot the city. These wells can emit toxic chemicals…

Many homebound older adults canceled medically necessary home-based health care services out of fear of getting COVID-19, research finds.

By Miryam Leon, Unsplash The new 988 phone number for the national Suicide Prevention Hotline has been live since July, but it hasn’t been h…

Taking into consideration the number of excess deaths caused by COVID-19 compared with pre-pandemic years is critical to getting an accurate accounting of the pandemic’s real toll.

Phoenix hopes a new Office of Heat Response can move fast enough to counter the impacts of deadly heat.

The new bivalent boosters against COVID-19 have failed to halt omicron infections. However, new technologies are being developed that pave a way forward.