Americans’ use and willingness to use video telehealth has increased since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, rising most sharply among Black Americans and people with less education, according to…
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The annual global death toll from long-term exposure to fine particulate outdoor air pollution may be significantly higher than previously thought, according to a new study. That’s because mortality risk…
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Ensuring that everyone can access resources and care to live healthy, self-determined lives should be a core pillar of philanthropic work. Yet too often, we end up throwing money at…
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While contributions from foundations, corporations, governments, and individuals resulted in an unprecedented $121 billion in disaster-related funding in 2020, all but 4 percent was given primarily in response to the…
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How is global philanthropy working to respond and build resilience to crises in their regions? The war in Ukraine, economic instability and a sudden increase in the cost of living,…
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The woman was desperate by the time she arrived in Lucy Schulson’s exam room. Patches of itchy blisters had spread across her skin. Other doctors had assured her it was nothing, a…
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New York City this week announced it would launch what it described as the first-of-its-kind Abortion Access Hub — a phone line that confidentially connects callers to licensed abortion care providers within…
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More than 90 percent of the country’s coal plants are contaminating water across 43 states, according to a new report. And nearly half of them have no plans to clean up…
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“The WHO is,” says Oyewale Tomori, “well, I know the W stands for World, but sometimes I think it stands for White.” Tomori is a virologist at Redeemer’s University and the…
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Interviews with family members who cared for COVID-19 patients after hospital discharge reveal unique challenges. Roughly 21% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients at the height of the pandemic required an intensive…
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Only 12% of people between the ages of 50 and 64 say they’re very likely to step forward to test a new dementia-prevention drug, and 32% say they’re somewhat likely,…