Alyssa Shaw’s job is to guide Seattle-area residents through what can be one of the most wrenching and complicated experiences of their lives: petitioning civil courts to temporarily take away…
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How COVID-19 Impacts Moms in the Workforce
Futurity Jan 7, 2023The COVID-19 pandemic—and resulting upheaval in public education—has undermined decades of feminist gains in the United States workforce, research finds. The research, forthcoming in Gender & Society, draws on new data…
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Alcohol Use is Widely Accepted in the US, But Even Moderate Consumption is Associated with Many Harmful Effects
The Conversation Jan 7, 2023
The number of deaths related to alcohol use in the US grew by a staggering 25% between 2019 and 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read the full article at: theconversation.com
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The Link Between Abortion Access Services and Suicide Risk
Futurity Jan 7, 2023
“We found that this particular stressor—restriction to abortion—affects women of a specific age in a specific cause of death, which is suicide.”…
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The Success of the Dodgers 2022 Mental Health Campaign
RAND Corporation Jan 6, 2023
<p>This evaluation indicates that the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health–Dodgers partnership to expand the reach of the WhyWeRise program successfully reached county residents and raised awareness of county mental health resources.</p>…
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Tick Management Programs Could Help Stop Lyme Disease, but US Funding is Inadequate
The Conversation Jan 6, 2023Justin Bieber, Shania Twain, Amy Schumer, Avril Lavigne, Ben Stiller and Kelly Osbourne are just six of the millions of people who report that they have suffered from Lyme disease,…
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Employee-based Insurance Can’t Cover High Healthcare Costs
Futurity Jan 6, 2023
Health care is growing less affordable for American adults—particularly women—with employer-sponsored health insurance, research finds.
Read the full article at: www.futurity.org
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Innovation Trends in Healthcare for 2023
Christensen Institute Jan 5, 2023
Improving the world through disruptive innovation.
Read the full article at: www.christenseninstitute.org
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The Plight of Child Care Centers After the Pandemic
The Hechinger Report Jan 4, 2023Many thousands of child care providers caught in the same tsunami that knocked out Rockport are asking the same questions, as are many thousands more who have stayed open, but…
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What Activities Can Help Aging Communities Battle Dementia
The Conversation Jan 3, 2023aging/elderly, mental health, public health
Dancing requires physical, social and cognitive engagement and, as a result, it may bolster a wide network of brain regions.
Read the full article at: theconversation.com
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Poor Public Policy Threatens Public Health
YES! Magazine Jan 3, 2023One evening last September, Gavin Yamey, professor of global health at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, dined indoors and tweeted a selfie of himself and his two table mates—Chris Beyrer,…
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RSV Treatments for Young Children are Lacking, but the Record 2022 Cold and Flu Season Highlights the Urgency for Vaccines
The Conversation Jan 3, 2023For many parents, respiratory syncytial virus – or RSV – which has been causing record numbers of hospitalizations of children during the fall of 2022, may sound like a relatively…
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