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Zika virus has advanced into Puerto Rico – one of the most vulnerable locations in America due to weak access to health-care and lack of basic environmental control services.
Last night, Rachel Maddow hosted a town hall to address concerns about and solutions for the ongoing Flint water crisis from members of the community. For those unaware, residents of Flint have been exposed to contaminated drinking water as the result of lead-corroded plumbing and service lines. Currently, residents of Flint, 40 percent of whom live below the poverty line, are relying on daily deliveries of bottled water for cooking, drinking, and bathing.
Last month, Pixar threw a party to test a new app that seeks to enhance the movie-going experience for blind and low-vision individuals.
A new study has found that “300,000 Latino children gained insurance in 2014 from 2013,” dropping their uninsured rates to a historic low. However, Latino children still make up a disproportionately large amount of the country’s uninsured youth.
The tendency of national food policies to ignore- or reinforce– the unhealthy, inequitable food systems in low-income communities has gained renewed attention since the widespread criticism of the recently updated USDA 2015-2020 American Dietary Guidelines.
The results of a national survey released on Wednesday reveals that “African-American students feel less emotionally prepared for college than white students do, and they’re also more likely to keep their worries to themselves.”
With a new gene technology, known as CRISPR-Cas9, Stanford scientists are developing ways to perform “…genomic surgery with a precision, efficiency and affordability once thought unimaginable.”
The latest five year update to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services was met with outrage from one doctors group.
New legislation in New Jersey promises to preserve nonprofit hospitals’ exemption from paying property taxes, even if they contract with for-profit doctors to use their facilities.
ADHD diagnoses among children continue to increase and researchers continue to debate the causes behind the so-called disorder.
Annual roundup of important California legislation taking effect in 2016 highlights what an important year it has been for the state’s lawmakers in terms of addressing issues relevant to the environment, health care, workers’ rights, and more.
The drug ‘Firdapse’ may see a spike in price if a big pharmaceutical company receives F.D.A. approval for its slightly modified version
According to the Washington Post, infrared video has added new data on the massive methane gas leak currently venting from the hills above Los Angeles.
This past Tuesday, the White House issued a new national plan to fight drug-resistant tuberculosis.
The new film “Concussion” has renewed attention to one of the biggest controversies plaguing America’s favorite past time, reports Reuters.
World Medical Relief, has an updated facility and major plans for new projects next year.
16% of people without health insurance in Philadelphia is within its diverse Latino community- a figure city nonprofits are working to bring down.
A year-old, Boston-based nonprofit has vowed to stabilize prices of generic drugs artificially spiked by for-profit pharmaceutical companies.
New York’s Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Services is teaming up with the Hometown Health Center Clinic to create a nonprofit pharmacy.
The Bread for the World Institute just released its much awaited World Hunger Report for 2016, which, this year, focuses on the connection between hunger and global public health.