Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures: A Conversation with WHO’s Dr. Allotey
Dr. Allotey, you have dedicated your career to gender, equity, health, and human rights. What inspired you to pursue this ...
Tag: Poverty
The growing inequality in life expectancy among Americans
The life expectancy among Native Americans in the western United States has dropped below 64 years, close to life expectancies ...
Urban sprawl hampers intergenerational mobility and reinforces inequality
Urban sprawl is not just unsightly. It could also be impeding intergenerational mobility for low-income residents and reinforcing racial inequality, ...
Deforestation undermines malaria prevention efforts
When a forest is lost to development, some effects are obvious. Stumps and mud puddles across the landscape, a plowed ...
New data map highlights disparities in children’s mental health across the UK
A new data map produced by Centre for Mental Health in collaboration with Kooth has revealed stark disparities in children ...
Postmenopausal hormone therapy use declines amidst risk-benefit concerns
Study reveals sharp decline in menopausal hormone therapy use among U.S. women, with significant disparities across racial and ethnic groups ...
Nursing aides plagued by PTSD after ‘nightmare’ covid conditions, with little help
One evening in May, nursing assistant Debra Ragoonanan's vision blurred during her shift at a state-run Massachusetts veterans home. As ...
Amid Medicaid ‘unwinding,’ many states wind up expansions
Trisha Byers left behind one crucial item when she moved to North Carolina last year to be closer to her ...
Extreme poverty linked to unexpected high cardiovascular risks
A study published in the journal Nature Human Behavior estimates the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors among adults living ...
Study: 2021 Child Tax Credit expansion aided families during pandemic hardship
As a proposal to reinstate expanded Child Tax Credits (CTC) in the United States awaits a vote in the Senate, ...