
Enabling (or Constraining) Progress for Women
Progress for women’s development is slow. An initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is working to more effectively address gender-based gaps.
...moreProgress for women’s development is slow. An initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is working to more effectively address gender-based gaps.
...moreShifting social and cultural norms continue to alter patterns of motherhood. The rate of women having babies for the first time in their 30s has risen steadily since 1975.
...morePrior to 2015, kidney transplants went to white patients at a much higher rate. A new allocation system was devised in order to change that.
...moreResearch by Bruce W. Sherman and colleagues found that employees receiving a lower wage were less likely to seek out preventative care despite having the insurance to cover it.
...moreRefugees from travel ban countries make up only 6% of all refugees in the United States.
...moreThe gender pay gap begins to affect women shortly after college, when they have similar experience and qualifications as their male counterparts.
...moreThe Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) creates a $45 billion fund for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment. However, this amount is unlikely to overcome Medicaid spending restrictions proposed in the bill.
...moreA recent JAMA article by Gibbons, et al. demonstrates that the national suicide rate and the number of psychiatric beds have an inverse relationship.
...moreViz Hub’s interactive map of life expectancy in each US county dramatically illustrates that health is largely shaped by where you live and the conditions of your life.
...moreRisk of suicide is a complex, multifaceted issue that is notoriously hard to gauge patient by patient, but the state of the economy can predict an uptick.
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