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| Sep 12, 2026 | ‘Liberate methadone!’ Some patients demand the system’s destruction | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
This is the second installment in a four-part series.
Drug dealers know where to prowl. They often troll the shadows of America’s methadone clinics, tempting patients aiming to chase sobriety with ... |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Ultra-Processed Food Labels Steer Diets Wrong, Harvard Study of 200,000 Finds | By Brandi Henkel
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| Jun 28, 2026 | Вычурное название для вредной еды | Имеет ли смысл война с «ультрапереработанными продуктами»?
В очередной раз американцы в панике из-за того, что они едят. Согласно исследованию, опубликованному в июне 2026 года в журнале American Journal of Public Health, более двух третей ... |
| Mar 18, 2026 | More than 150,000 uncounted COVID-19 deaths occurred early in the pandemic, a study finds | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic’s early death toll was much higher than the official U.S. count, according to a new study that spotlights dramatic disparitie... |
| Dec 10, 2025 | While scientists race to study spread of measles in US, Kennedy unravels hard-won gains | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Amy Maxmen, KFF Health News
The United States is poised to lose its measles-free status next year. If that happens, the country will enter an era in which outbreaks are common again. Related Art... |
| Nov 7, 2025 | From Narcan to gun silencers, opioid settlement cash pays law enforcement tabs | By Aneri Pattani, KFF Health News
In the heart of Appalachia, law enforcement is often seen as being on the front line of the addiction crisis.
Bre Dolan, a 35-year-old resident of Hardy County, West Virginia, understands why. Throughout he... |
| Jul 20, 2025 | Doulas, once a luxury, are increasingly covered by Medicaid — even in GOP states | Doulas are trained to offer critical support for families — before delivery, during childbirth and in those daunting early days when parents are desperate for sleep and infants still wake up around the clock. While doulas typically don’t ho... |
| Jun 3, 2025 | EHP Inc. Founder Mardy Gould Announces Expanded Commitment to Transform Healthcare and Improve Lives Nationwide | EHP Inc. renews commitment to transforming healthcare, eliminating medical debt, and enhancing financial security for American families nationwide.
Healthcare isn't a privilege—it's a basic right, and we're here to protect it.”
— Mardy Goul... |
| Apr 5, 2025 | The Battle for Data Sovereignty: Indigenous Tribes Demand Access to Health Information | In the vast landscape of American healthcare, a silent struggle rages. Indigenous tribes, long marginalized and overlooked, are fighting for a seat at the data table. Their battle is not just about numbers; it’s about identity, health, and ... |
| Apr 4, 2025 | Tribes, long shut out from their own health data, fight for access and sovereignty | The reasons vary, from systemic issues within the health care system to mistaken assumptions by some federal officials about what data be securely sent to tribes without risking privacy violations.
The lack of tribe-specific data has hinder... |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Attorney General Bonta to Insurance Companies: Discrimination Against Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Care Providers Unlawful in the Provision of Professional Liability Insurance | Sends letters to 15 insurance companies on legal obligations under AB 571, issues alert to insurance industry generally
Potential violations of AB 571 can be reported at oag.ca.gov/report
OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta toda... |
| Feb 7, 2025 | The Financial Lifeline: Cities Combat Postpartum Depression with Cash Initiatives | Postpartum depression (PPD) is a silent storm. It sweeps through the lives of new mothers, leaving devastation in its wake. The statistics are staggering. One in five pregnancy-related deaths is due to suicide, often linked to PPD. The fina... |
| Feb 7, 2025 | Cities as Lifelines: Addressing Postpartum Depression Through Cash Support Programs | In the United States, postpartum depression (PPD) is a silent storm. It affects countless mothers, yet remains shrouded in stigma and misunderstanding. The consequences are dire. PPD contributes to one in five pregnancy-related deaths. The ... |
| Feb 1, 2025 | Health | Post-partum depression is costing us billions. Can cities help? | The impacts of postpartum mood disorders are significant: One of the drivers of the U.S.’s maternal health crisis is suicide, which accounts for about one in five pregnancy-related deaths during pregnancy or up to a year postpartum. PPMDs a... |
| Dec 28, 2024 | The Safety Net: A Fragile Web for Families in Abortion-Banning States | In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, states like Tennessee have enacted strict abortion bans. These laws, touted as pro-life, raise a critical question: Are they truly protecting families? The reality pa... |
| Dec 27, 2024 | National Politics | In states that ban abortion, social safety net programs often fail families | “It’s survival, every day,” said Janie Busbee, founder of Mother to Mother, a Nashville-based nonprofit providing baby supplies for low-income moms. “If we took some of that stress off of them, then maybe they’d have time to dream.”
GOP sta... |
| Dec 2, 2024 | Цифровая доступность и кибербезопасность: интеграция или конфликт? | Цифровой мир стремительно эволюционирует: госуслуги, интернет-магазины, корпоративные системы — всё стремится к автоматизации и онлайн-доступу. С одной стороны, это упрощает жизнь миллионов людей. С другой — создает новые барьеры, особенно ... |
| May 14, 2024 | Gun thefts from cars have skyrocketed in San Antonio, new report finds | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
San Antonio has one of the highest rates of gun thefts from cars in the U.S., according to a new report by the gun safety group Everytown.
Why it matters: Stolen guns are difficult to trace and are of... |
| May 9, 2024 | Gun thefts from cars have skyrocketed in U.S., new report finds | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The rate of gun thefts from cars has tripled in the U.S. since 2013, making vehicles the most common source for stolen weapons in the country, according to a new report by the gun safety group Everyto... |
| May 8, 2024 | Many states are eager to extend Medicaid to people soon to be released from prison | Under federal guidance released a year ago, states can connect prisoners with case managers 30-90 days before they are released to develop plans based on their health needs. The case manager can help the person make post-release appointment... |
| Jan 10, 2024 | Nearly 1 in 10 teens globally have used ‘budget Ozempic’ laxatives and other risky weight loss products, per study | New weight loss medications like Ozempic and Wegovy have garnered a lot of attention in the past year, but they aren’t always easy to get, especially for young people. Instead, teens surfing TikTok often see other options that don’t even re... |
| Dec 13, 2023 | Sobering centers offer a safe place to recover from intoxication. Every community should have one | Every day, thousands of individuals across the United States call 911 due to concern about someone who is intoxicated in public. Their concern is warranted: The potential harms from public intoxication are significant. They are at risk of b... |
| Nov 3, 2023 | Health | GOP states embrace Uber, Lyft to take low-income patients to medical appointments | Anna Claire Vollers | Stateline.org (TNS)
This month, Mississippi becomes the latest state to partner with ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to ferry residents to their medical appointments.
It’s a bid to improve overall health i... |
| Oct 18, 2023 | Health | PrEP, a key HIV prevention tool, isn’t reaching black women | Sam Whitehead | (TNS) Kaiser Health News
Alexis Perkins thought her OB-GYN’s office in Atlanta would be just the place to get a prescription for the type of drug that reduces a person’s risk of contracting HIV.
But during a recent visit, th... |
| Sep 29, 2023 | Health | Officials agree: Use settlement funds to curb youth addiction. But the ‘how’ gets hairy | Aneri Pattani, Emily Featherston, InvestigateTV | (TNS) KFF Health News
When three teenagers died of fentanyl overdoses last year in Larimer County, Colorado, it shocked the community and “flipped families upside down,” said Tom Gonzales, t... |
| Aug 9, 2023 | It’s Time For An Indoor Air Awakening | Paul Scialla, founder and CEO of Delos. Paul is an expert on indoor environmental quality and healthy buildings. |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Emergency lights and sirens on ambulances may do more harm than good | Jonathan Studnek knows some people imagine that driving an ambulance at high speed with lights flashing and sirens wailing — racing through messily parted traffic to the scene of a crisis — is the best part of being an emergency medic.
For ... |
| Jul 4, 2023 | The first test for predicting preeclampsia in pregnant people won FDA approval more than 100 years after researchers discovered the blood-pressure disease | Health The first test for predicting preeclampsia in pregnant people won FDA approval more than 100 years after researchers discovered the blood-pressure disease
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| Jun 13, 2023 | ‘The drug bust paradox’: Study shows opioid deaths double after police action | Police drug busts are strongly associated with a large and sudden spike in overdose deaths, according to a new study.
In the week following a major opioid bust, fatal overdoses in the same neighborhood in Indianapolis doubled, the analysis ... |
| Jun 6, 2023 | Inside the Navajo Church Rock Nuclear Disaster, the largest radioactive disaster in US history that's somehow often forgotten | News Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
Voices of Color Inside the Navajo Church Rock Nuclear Disaster, the largest radioactive disaster in US history that's somehow oft... |
| May 11, 2023 | R.J. Reynolds sues California to protect ‘crisp’ cigarettes from flavor ban | WASHINGTON – Tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds is suing the state of California in an effort to keep a controversial new line of cigarettes on shelves, the company announced Thursday in a press release.
R.J. Reynolds launched the products in ques... |
| May 8, 2023 | Over-The-Counter Narcan Will Not End The Opioid Epidemic In America | GROTON, CT - MARCH 23: A box of the opioid antidote Naloxone, also known as Narcan, sits on display ... [+] during a family addiction support group on March 23, 2016 in Groton, CT. The drug is used to revive people suffering from heroin ove... |
| May 2, 2023 | Employers Can Benefit By Taking Maternal Mental Health Seriously, Research Shows | Despite mothers accounting for nearly one-third of working women, current workplaces aren't built to ... [+] support their life experiences and the inequities they face, often leading to higher risks of stress, burnout, and early resignatio... |
| May 2, 2023 | 911: Reimagining a System that Defaults to Dispatching Police | Every person deserves equal, effective treatment and safety, especially when in crisis. In such a vulnerable circumstance, people need professionals trained to provide support and care.
But too often, when a person is experiencing a mental ... |
| Apr 14, 2023 | Demand for home health aides is soaring. So why are they still so undervalued? | On most days around 2pm, home health aide Duane Crichlow can be found in an apartment in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, playing catch with his client — a man in his 30s with a developmental disability who is quick to give Crichlow hugs and kisses. ... |
| Feb 21, 2023 | Tobacco companies pledge ‘harm reduction’ but are doing the opposite | This year could shape up to be a historic one for tobacco control — or one in which Big Tobacco accelerates its steady transformation into Big Nicotine. We are hoping for the former, but aren’t betting against the latter.
For the last few y... |
| Jan 14, 2023 | Краткий очерк истории микроволновых печей | История микроволновых печей — как раз тот случай, когда реальная история подменяется мифологией, и множество «копирайтеров» растаскивают по интернету байку, укореняя её в массовом сознании как факт, что она была изобретена случайно. Якобы и... |
| Jan 9, 2023 |
Synchron says study backs its brain–computer interface’s safety | The Stentrode endovascular electrode array for brain-computer interface [Image courtesy of Synchron]Synchron’s stent-like brain-computer interface is getting a boost from new clinical study results out of Australia.
JAMA Neurology today pub... |
| Jan 6, 2023 | AG Ferguson: Court blocks Federal Way gun retailer from unlawfully selling high-capacity magazines | Preliminary injunction granted as part of AG investigation and enforcement
SEATTLE — Today, a King County judge ordered a Federal Way gun shop to stop selling unlawful high-capacity magazines. Attorney General Bob Ferguson proposed, and the... |
| Dec 30, 2022 | 10 years later, California’s promise of a human right to water remains unfulfilled | In summary
California has improved its water policies around safety, access and affordability in response to a 2012 law establishing a human right to water. There is much to be done in order to keep this promise to disadvantaged and water-s... |
| Dec 22, 2022 | Lakewood gun retailer to pay penalties in Ferguson’s second high-capacity magazine sales ban enforcement action | Action against WGS Guns is part of a sweep of 25 retailers across the state
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that Lakewood-based WGS Guns will pay $15,000 for intentionally violating Washington’s high-capacity magazin... |
| Dec 14, 2022 | Paid sick leave is good for workers — and U.S. public health | The fight to expand access to paid sick leave continues even after President Biden decided not to include more than one day of paid sick leave in the recently “settled” contract for rail workers.
Last week, more than 70 members of Congress ... |
| Dec 10, 2022 | Why is California fighting adverse childhood experiences with more trauma? | In summary
California’s well-meaning program to treat adverse childhood experiences relies on a system that requires doctors to report them, even if it doesn’t amount to abuse. The result could cause even greater harm to children.
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| Dec 9, 2022 | AG Ferguson files lawsuit against Federal Way gun retailer and its owner for unlawfully selling high-capacity magazines | Case uncovered as part of a sweep of 25 retailers across the state
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced a consumer protection lawsuit against Federal Way Discount Guns and its owner, Mohammed Reza Baghai, for illegally se... |
| Nov 23, 2022 | The number of US adults carrying a loaded handgun every day doubled to an estimated 6 million in just 4 years | A convention attendee looks at a handgun at the National Shooting Sports Foundation's Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2018. Getty Images/Ethan Miller
US adults carrying loaded handguns on a daily basis ... |
| Nov 18, 2022 | Holmes gets more than 11 years in prison for Theranos scam | A federal judge on Friday sentenced disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes to more than 11 years in prison for duping investors in the failed startup that promised to revolutionize blood testing but instead made her a symbol of Silicon Val... |
| Oct 25, 2022 | Covid-19 is an inverse equity story, not a racial equity success story | As MacArthur Foundation fellow Jennifer Richeson noted in The Atlantic in 2020, Americans love to perpetuate narratives of racial progress, regardless of whether that narrative is aligned with reality.
We saw this in a recent New York Times... |
| Oct 18, 2022 | Ensuring food security and health beyond the Covid-19 public health emergency | Expansions to social safety net programs during Covid-19 have been essential for low-income Americans hit hard by the pandemic. But the stabilizing impact of these expansions will be at risk when the federal Covid-19 Public Health Emergency... |
| Oct 11, 2022 | A minuscule new HHS office has a mammoth goal: tackling environmental justice | WASHINGTON — Ask 10 people how a federal health care agency might tackle “environmental justice,” and you’ll get 10 answers.
For Jackson, Miss., residents, it is ensuring potable water after weeks of risk from a damaged sanitation system. F... |
| Aug 23, 2022 | Teacup Launches Free Tech Classes to Help Close Digital Equity Gap Across All Ages | Smartphone classes are being offered by Teacup free of charge every Wednesday at 6pm ET.
Class topics include smartphone basics, social media training, online dating, protection against phishing scams and other relevant themes. MOUNTAIN VIE... |
| Jul 13, 2022 | They blazed a trail by having their brains linked to computers. Now they want to help shape the field’s future | Three years after he was paralyzed from the chest down, Ian Burkhart faced a dilemma. He received a phone call from the Ohio State University asking him, as one of the few patients with a spinal cord injury living near Columbus, Ohio, to jo... |
| Jun 29, 2022 | Why We Use Inclusive Language to Talk About Abortion | Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in a shameful ruling that decimated access to abortion. Adding insult to injury, this unprecedented assault on our fundamental rights and bodily autonomy took place during Pride month... |
| Jun 24, 2022 | The country's biggest employers, including Walmart and Amazon, should 'say goodbye to attracting top female talent' in abortion 'trigger law' states | Andrew Burton/Getty Images
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Without Roe v. Wade, abortion will automatically be criminalized in 13 states with "trigger laws." Top employers in those states including Walmart, McDonald's, and Amazon may face a crisis aro... |
| May 9, 2022 | How alcohol impacts the economy; a long and controversial history | The Japanese government last month announced that it would be launching a campaign promoting the consumption of alcohol to boost the liquor industry and increase tax collection. The campaign, ‘Sake Viva!’, wants 20 to 39 year olds to share ... |
| Apr 22, 2022 | In mask mandate case, judge ruled on wordplay, not public health | When a Tampa-based federal judge voided the nationwide mandate on wearing masks in transportation venues this week, her reliance on wordplay rather than public health principles may well have prolonged the Covid-19 pandemic, which once agai... |
| Apr 22, 2022 | What is Proposition 65 in California and will my phone kill me? | After buying one of the best smartphones, you may have been given pause during the glorious unboxing process by a California Proposition 65 warning. Big exclamation marks and warnings about cancer and birth defects and reproductive health c... |
| Mar 25, 2022 | How we got herd immunity wrong | Herd immunity was always our greatest asset for protecting vulnerable people, but public health failed to use it wisely.
In March 2020, not long after Covid-19 was declared a global public health emergency, prominent experts predicted that ... |
| Mar 17, 2022 | ‘Is it worth it?’: New report lays bare harassment of public health officials during the pandemic | There’s a mountain of evidence showing the devastating toll of the pandemic on health workers. Now, new research lays bare the brutal impact on their counterparts in public health.
To capture the experience of public health officials during... |
| Mar 9, 2022 | Ignoring behavioral and social sciences undermines the U.S. response to Covid-19 | The U.S. has bungled many of its efforts to rein in the Covid-19 pandemic. We believe that Francis S. Collins, the former director of the National Institutes of Health, perfectly captured the country’s fundamental flaw:
“Maybe we underinves... |
| Mar 7, 2022 | New Study Finds Conversion Therapy, and its Associated Harms, Cost the U.S. an Estimated $9.23 Billion Annually | This alarming study illustrates that subjecting LGBTQ young people to conversion therapy continues to have deep and detrimental costs from both a humanistic and economic standpoint.
WASHINGTON (PRWEB) March 07, 2022
Research scientists at T... |
| Feb 8, 2022 | Lander’s resignation over workplace bullying: The tip of the iceberg of a public health problem | When Eric Lander resigned as the White House’s top science adviser on Monday, he wrote to President Biden that he was “devastated” to realize how much his bullying behavior hurt his colleagues. News of a bully resigning is a rare outcome in... |
| Feb 5, 2022 | Most GoFundMe Campaigns For Medical Bills Fail, Less Than 12% Reach Goals | From 2016 through 2020, the number of medically-related GoFundMe campaigns increased from 37,824 up ... [+] to 196,955. Yet, 16% of them didn’t even receive any donations. (Photo: Getty) getty |
| Jan 5, 2022 | ‘Protect our hospitals’ might convince Britons to get Covid-19 vaccines, but it won’t work in the U.S. | The resurgence of Covid-19 is again leading health care systems across the globe to brace themselves. And with deep scars from early in the pandemic, leaders are again calling on people to get vaccinated. One prominent reason they cite for ... |
| Dec 21, 2021 | Claims of vaccine hesitancy in African countries are at odds with the reality on the ground | MBARARA, UGANDA — When word gets out that Covid-19 vaccines are locally available, crowds rush to Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in western Uganda. Hundreds of people will wait for hours in the sweltering heat outside the hospital’s alw... |
| Nov 23, 2021 | New paper from The Fenway Institute shows that electronic health records can be used as a tool to advance LGBTQIA+ health equity | There is no doubt that collection of basic information related to sexual orientation and gender identity improves the experiences of sexual and gender minorities in healthcare settings.
BOSTON (PRWEB) November 23, 2021
A paper published in ... |
| Sep 23, 2021 | How a partnership between the city of Boston and local universities is working to help policymakers better serve residents | Northeastern University is where the Boston Area Research Initiative is housed. David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images
The Boston Area Research Initiative helps policymakers better understand and serve residents.
BARI collaborates ... |
| Sep 17, 2021 | Pay Americans $1,000 Each to Get Vaccinated
Pay Americans $1,000 Each to Get Vaccinated | (Bloomberg Opinion) -- I’m a strong supporter of getting a vaccination for Covid-19. (I’ve had two plus my booster.) And I agree that getting shots into the arms of most of the 70 to 75 million U.S. adults who remain unvaccinated is a matte... |
| Sep 10, 2021 | Fenway Health Research Shows that Health Care Centers in Cities that Enforce LGBTQIA+ Non-discrimination Collect More Complete Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data | “We have known for some time that collection of patient SOGI data is essential for improving health care access and quality for LGBTQIA+ people,” said Dr. Alex Keuroghlian, senior author of the study and director of the National LGBTQIA+ He... |
| Aug 20, 2021 | In AJPH editorial, Fenway Health argues there is an urgent need to collect COVID-19-related sexual orientation/gender identity data | ...without [sexual orientation and gender identity] information, we can’t design effective outreach strategies around vaccines and COVID-19 testing.
BOSTON (PRWEB) August 20, 2021
An editorial published in the American Journal of Public Hea... |
| Jul 27, 2021 | Atlanta spa shooter who targeted Asian women pleads guilty to four of eight murders | A Georgia man plead guilty to four murders in the shootings at three metro Atlanta spas where eight people died, six of whom were of Asian descent.
Robert Aaron Long entered a guilty plea with the Cherokee County District Attorney's office ... |
| Jul 6, 2021 | Smokers of menthol cigarettes have a harder time quitting, large new study finds | A new study published Tuesday finds that smoking menthol cigarettes versus unflavored cigarettes is associated with reduced success in quitting among people who smoke nearly every day.
In recent years, the FDA has moved to ban almost all fl... |
| Jun 29, 2021 | Building mutually-beneficial partnerships between payers and community-based organizations | As we rebuild our communities from the Covid-19 crisis, we must work together to close the health equity gaps that have become more evident.
The path to sustainability and improved health outcomes requires a collaborative effort. To meet th... |
| Jun 28, 2021 | Confronting a legacy of scarcity: a plan for reinvesting in U.S. public health | Public health in America is in crisis, a sad fact that the Covid-19 pandemic has made impossible to ignore.
Decades of chronic underfunding and a failure to invest in the public health workforce, the physical infrastructure of state and loc... |
| Apr 16, 2021 | The FBI used my journalism to charge a January 6 insurrectionist. I have complicated feelings about that. | Pro-Trump protesters storm into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
An Insider contributor’s reporting led to federal charges for one of the men who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6
Journalist Abigail Higgins explains w... |
| Mar 25, 2021 | Leading Inpatient Medical Detox Provider Launches Expansion of Benzodiazepine Taper Program | The benzodiazepine crisis has unfortunately been overshadowed...just because we’re not talking about it doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.
DENVER (PRWEB) March 25, 2021
Gallus Medical Detox Centers (Gallus), an inpatient drug and alcohol medi... |
| Mar 22, 2021 | Undocumented immigrants sought far less health care after Trump launched his campaign, new study shows | WASHINGTON — Undocumented immigrants were less likely to visit primary care physicians after former President Trump launched his presidential campaign in 2015, according to a March study — suggesting his rhetoric had a chilling effect, expe... |
| Mar 22, 2021 | Trump’s first tweet about a ‘Chinese virus’ caused an increase of anti-Asian hashtags on Twitter, study finds | An image of former President Donald Trump’s now-suspended Twitter account and the Twitter logo. Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Anti-Asian sentiment on Twitter spiked after Trump used the term “Chinese virus” on Mar... |
| Mar 22, 2021 | Trump's first tweet about a 'Chinese virus' caused an increase of anti-Asian hashtags on Twitter, study finds | An image of former President Donald Trump's now-suspended Twitter account and the Twitter logo. Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Anti-Asian sentiment on Twitter spiked after Trump used the term "Chinese virus&qu... |
| Jan 31, 2021 | Close But No Cigar: President Biden’s Order On Private Prisons Is Great, But More Needs To Be Done To Address Racial Disparities In The Justice System | Depressed afro-american man standing near barbed wire fence, regretting crimegetty |
| Jan 19, 2021 | Contact-Tracing Apps: What’s Needed to Be an Effective Public Health Tool | Jane Bambauer and Brian Ray recently wrote how “Covid-19 Apps Are Terrible—They Didn’t Have to Be.” They argue that a false sense of priorities—most notably, a “fetishized notion of individual privacy”—kept the contact-tracing apps from wor... |
| Jan 14, 2021 | What prison food in the US really looks like, and why some inmates refuse to eat it | ‘QAnon Shaman’ Jake Angeli is eating organic food in a Washington, DC jail. AP Photo/Andy Duback, Win McNamee/Getty Images
A judge ordered a Washington, DC jail to feed “QAnon Shaman” Jake Angeli organic meals.
Angeli is said to have lost 2... |
| Dec 21, 2020 | Leading Suicide Prevention Orgs Ask the 11th Circuit to Rehear Florida Conversion Therapy Case | LGBTQ youth who have undergone conversion therapy are more than twice as likely to report having attempted suicide as those who did not.
NEW YORK (PRWEB) December 21, 2020
Today, The Trevor Project, the American Foundation for Suicide Preve... |
| Dec 17, 2020 | The Trevor Project & Q Christian Fellowship Jointly Launch New Initiative to Make Christian Case Against Conversion Therapy | A Christian Case Against LGBTQ Change Efforts Through open dialogue and education, we can change hearts and minds and save young LGBTQ lives.
NEW YORK (PRWEB) December 17, 2020
Today, The Trevor Project and Q Christian Fellowship partnered ... |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Privacy Issues at the Heart of North Carolina’s Coronavirus Response | As Sen. Thom Tillis recuperates from his bout with COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, North Carolina is continuing its phased reopening with eased restrictions on bars, movie theaters and amusement parks, and... |
| Sep 17, 2020 | Facebook Spread the Myth That Touching Fentanyl Makes You Overdose, Study Finds | Facebook is a major vehicle in the spread of fake news and damaging misinformation about the US opioid crisis, a study has found.
The research, carried out by public health experts at Northeasten University in Boston, focused on reports of ... |
| Aug 31, 2020 | Did disparities kill the king of Wakanda? Chadwick Boseman and changing landscape of colon cancer demographics | People across the country are mourning the death this weekend of actor Chadwick Boseman, who died from colon cancer at the age of 43.
An actor best known for the title role of T’Challa in Marvel’s “Black Panther,” Boseman died on this year’... |
| Aug 25, 2020 | To Rid The Grid Of Coal, The Southeast U.S. Needs A Competitive Wholesale Electricity Market | Marshall Steam Station, a coal-fired power plant owned by utility Duke Energy. (Photo by Rolf ... [+] Schulten/ullstein bild via Getty Images)ullstein bild via Getty Images |
| Jul 10, 2020 | Instagram Bans LGBT Conversion Therapy, But The U.K. Government Still Hasn’t | Today the social media giant Instagram has told the BBC, from today promotion of “conversion therapy”, which tries to change a person’s sexuality or gender identity will be blocked. |
| May 26, 2020 | How This Entrepreneur Built A 7-Figure Business Helping Companies Cut Their Second Largest Expense | Meet Lester Morales, CEO and founder of Next Impact, an insurance consultancy that wants to ... [+] revolutionize the way we look for healthcare. Patience Manzare |
| Mar 10, 2020 | Rich White Texans Are Running With Anti-Vax Misinformation | New research from University of Texas at Austin took a closer look into the state’s growing anti-vaccination movement and discovered it’s fueled by rich, white people.
The study, which was published in the journal PLOS Medicine on Tuesday, ... |
| Feb 28, 2020 | Getting treated for coronavirus could cost more than $3,000 - and it might make some everyday Americans broke | Jeff Greenberg/Getty Images
Coronavirus treatment could set some Americans back thousands of dollars.
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A Miami resident checked into a hospital for flu-like symptoms after a work trip to China, taking precautions in case he was... |
| Feb 22, 2020 | As medical costs soar, more Americans turn to crowdfunding | More Americans facing costly medical bills are turning to crowdfunding sites to solicit money online from friends, family and even strangers, a new study shows.
Eight million Americans have started campaigns for themselves or a household me... |
| Feb 7, 2020 | Cannabis Misinformation Spreading On Social Media | The actual "medical advice" presented on social media about cannabis often ignores any of the known ... [+] negative traits linked to its extended use. Getty |
| Jan 16, 2020 | Why Black doctors like me are leaving faculty positions in academic medical centers | A decade ago, the Department of Health and Human Services made “to achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups” one of its goals for Healthy People 2020. It didn’t come close.
Black Americans continue ... |
| Oct 28, 2019 | BetterMed, Interview with Founder and CEO AJ Cohen | This week BetterMed announced its availability of comprehensive medical lending for the US market at a guaranteed fixed rate of 3.9% APR.
This news comes at a time where healthcare costs have surged in the last few years, with the average A... |
| Oct 8, 2019 | Beyond the Sacklers: Free-trade policies contributed to the opioid epidemic | The Sackler family was once celebrated for its philanthropy. Now the owners of Purdue Pharma are vilified daily as egregious contributors to the U.S. opioid epidemic, which has shattered so many lives. It’s now time to look more closely at ... |
| Jul 17, 2019 | It’s time to change the definition of ‘health’ | Meet Betty, a typical aging American. At 82, she spends almost as much time with her doctors as she does with her grandchildren. She has to. She takes seven prescription medications to treat her high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabet... |
| May 2, 2019 | Dear Senior Citizens – You Folks are the Easy Target of Hackers | Imagine this love story of Mia’s 78-year-old father. He fell in love with a woman on a dating website. The woman was wonderful and tender. Glenda started pouring her heart to this dear old man without meeting him in person.
The couple had m... |
| Apr 5, 2019 | Vaccine wars: Social media battle spread of misinformation | More On: vaccines
When will Fauci and liberal leaders apologize for the millions of lives damaged with pointless COVID restrictions? Top NY Court of Appeals judge could get booted for refusing COVID vax Adams' vax rollback for athletes prov... |
