What Makes a City Livable?
City livability scores show residents’ priorities for their standard of living. These scores can also serve as proxies for public health.
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Weighed Down by Discrimination
Roughly 42% of U.S. adults experience weight discrimination, yet Michigan is the only state where discrimination based on weight is illegal.
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Queering Is Caring
Access to gender-affirming treatments and care decreased the odds of both depression and suicide in transgender and non-binary youth.
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Heated Tweets
A nation-wide study exploring the connection between aggression and temperature found that the prevalence of hate speech increased as temperatures became more extreme.
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Sky-high Rents
Rent stabilization not only helps families save money, it also prevents them from becoming rent-burdened, which limits their ability to afford food, transportation, and other essential needs.
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Preemption or Premonition?
If allowed to mandate paid sick leave, counties could prevent up to 10% of deaths from external causes among working adults.
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Mpox and HIV
Most Mpox cases occur among Black and Latino men who have sex with men, and 80% of MSM of color with confirmed Mpox are also HIV positive.
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Breaking Down Child Poverty
Over the last 29 years, child poverty has dropped by 60%. But more can be done to prioritize the children that may slip through the cracks.
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Tell Your Friends About Your Birth Control
When choosing a contraceptive method, young women in the U.S. are influenced by recommendations from their friends and family.
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