Working Longer in Worse Health
Americans are working longer to be eligible for Social Security benefits but a recent study in Health Affairs show delayed retirement is linked to worse health.
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Firearm Legislation Linked with Fewer Fatal Police Shootings
Laws that strengthen background checks, promote child and consumer safety, and reduce gun trafficking are linked to lower rates of fatal police shootings.
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Forgotten Lessons from Nuremberg
A new article in the American Journal of Public Health explores how certain conditions can motivate health professionals to become complicit in, and even condone, torture.
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Health Insurance Reduces Poverty
A recent Health Affairs article pioneers a new way to gauge the impact of health insurance on poverty by taking health into account.
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Barriers for Homeless Students at School
One aspect of the growing trend in homeless students at school: instability of residence often leads to school mobility which can have a negative impact on academic achievement.
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Medicaid Expansion Expands Access to Mental Health Care
Recent research from the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests that the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act increased access to mental health care.
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Cheryl Sbarra
PHP sat down with Cheryl Sbarra, public health lawyer and director of Make Smoking History, about her fight against tobacco and what it took to sound the alarm on second hand smoke.
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There’s No Escaping Climate Change
A recent study in the Lancet finds two out of three Europeans could be affected by weather-related disasters by 2071.
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Food Insecurity at Two-Year Colleges
A recent Urban Institute study finds that students at two-year colleges are at risk of food insecurity. Could a review of the work requirements for SNAP eligibility help?
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Homeless Students
The United States has experienced an alarming rise in the number of homeless K-12 students. “Invisibility” is a barrier to connecting homeless students to proper resources.
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