Health
Native Americans have shorter life spans: Better health care isn't the only answer
Katherine Goodlow is only 20, but she has experienced enough to know that people around her are dying too young.
21 hours ago
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Health
End of internet subsidies for low-income households threatens telehealth access
For Cindy Westman, $30 buys a week's worth of gas to drive to medical appointments and run errands. It's also how much she spent on her monthly internet bill before the federal Affordable Connectivity Program stepped in and ...
Apr 10, 2024
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Health
Fight health misinformation by influencing the influencers
Public health institutions are facing the challenge of a lifetime as social media breeds misinformation and disinformation about everything from COVID vaccines to climate change. Now, a creative program at Harvard T.H. Chan ...
Mar 18, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Health care workers push for their own confidential mental health treatment
States are redefining when medical professionals can get mental health treatment without risking notifying the boards that regulate their licenses.
Feb 27, 2024
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Pediatrics
Pandemic linked to 14% increase in underweight children in India
Malnutrition of Indian children rose dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI).
Feb 5, 2024
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Medical economics
States begin tapping Medicaid dollars to combat gun violence
To tackle America's gun problem, a growing number of states are using Medicaid dollars to pay for community-based programs intended to stop shootings. The idea is to boost resources for violence prevention programs, which ...
Jan 10, 2024
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Pediatrics
WIC participation helped families better cope with 2022 infant formula shortage
Families that participated in the WIC program—also known as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children—were much less likely to use potentially unsafe infant feeding practices during the ...
Dec 7, 2023
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Pediatrics
A new RSV shot could help protect babies this winter—if they can get it in time
A RSV new therapy for infants, called nirsevimab, started shipping in September. By mid-October, demand for nirsevimab, sold under the brand name Beyfortus, had already outstripped supply, according to the pharmaceutical ...
Nov 13, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study explores risk factors for suicide in farmers
A new University of Alberta study exploring the risk factors that make farmers vulnerable to suicide could help them build better resilience.
Oct 24, 2023
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Addiction
Officials agree: Use settlement funds to curb youth addiction. But the 'how' gets hairy
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, the county's public health director.
Sep 29, 2023
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