The authors propose a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to investigate health care systems and health outcomes as a way to reckon with US health disparities and structural inequities and move forward.
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Eating processed foods became necessary for survival, but firmly established unhealthy eating patterns in the American territories of the Pacific Islands.
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Increased funding for local health is essential for future public health preparedness and improving health equity within Massachusetts.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has both increased the urgency of increasing access to medications for opioid use disorder and prompted an easing of regulations.
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Fast food isn’t the only type of restaurant deserving of the “unhealthy” label. Fast-casual and full-service restaurants also struggle to meet nutritional standards.
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Researchers examined state and local laws throughout the U.S. and determined where these laws are more or less supportive of immigrants.
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U.S. colonial and military activity has created legacies of environmental pollution in the U.S. Pacific territories of Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
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Pandemic-related financial hardship has created an extreme eviction and housing crisis among low-income and predominantly minority communities already economically marginalized and experiencing high levels of Covid-19 infection and death.
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Providing PrEP on college campuses will assist in the fight to end the HIV epidemic. Students seeking sexual health care in college health clinic settings deserve to hear about the options that allow them to best protect themselves.
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Identifying and reducing risky influences, such as drinking partners, and promoting positive influences can reduce the risk for driving under the influence.
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Temporary Covid-19-related changes de-densifying living and working conditions for some migrant farm workers are not seen as improvements by all, potentially jeopardizing health and permanent implementation.
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Livestock pollution bears down disproportionately on communities of color and lower socioeconomic status—but is not inevitable.
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While many Americans wish for a death at home, the living feel uncertain about how to create a ritually satisfying experience. As a result, immigrant home care workers find themselves helping families manage the dying process, even though it is not part of their official job description.
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