A Call for Medicaid Programs that Fund Housing
Providing housing is an essential part of modern mental health systems and should be funded by Medicaid.
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Contraceptive Care
Changes in uptake of long-term reversible contraceptives were investigated before and after an access program was implemented in 2015.
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How Are Health Care Workers Holding Up?
Researchers investigated the factors driving health care workers and first responders to leave their jobs.
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Adolescent Screen Time During the Pandemic
Adolescent recreational screen time increased at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and is associated with poorer mental health.
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New Drugs, More Risk
The veterinary tranquilizer xylazine has been increasingly present in overdose deaths.
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Lost Lives, Invisible Deaths
Excess deaths vary by county, and more than 87 percent are attributable to COVID-19.
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Interpreting Health
Many non-federal free, charitable, and faith-based clinics do not provide professional translation services because they cannot afford them.
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Israel Del Toro
Israel Del Toro talks with PHP about how No Mow May helps bees, why bees are important for public health, and other ways to actively conserve pollinators.
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Restraining Care
The practice of shackling hospitalized patients introduces both physical and psychological harms.
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Multidimensional Poverty in the US
Researchers examined six quality-of-life indicators to assess multidimensional poverty in the U.S. from 2008 to 2019.
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The Everywhere Chemical
Hairdressers are vulnerable to pthalate exposure, which can mimic or interfere with the body’s hormones.
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Intimate Partner Violence and Brain Injury
Expanding screening and education on intimate partner violence and its connection to brain injury can prevent long term negative effects.
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Do You Have a Condom?
Condom use decreased between 2002 and 2017 among men with sexually transmitted infection risk factors.
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