Don’t Be Fooled: Cigs Are Worse
If adult smokers view e-cigarettes as more harmful than traditional cigarettes, they may ignore a far less lethal alternative.
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The Cost of Insulin
As total out-of-pocket spending on insulin has quadrupled from 2007 to 2017, lawmakers and industry leaders are put under pressure to control the prices.
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Education to Reduce Teen Baby Bumps
Understanding the factors that influence teen reproductive health is essential as evidence grows in the “safe sex” vs “abstinence only” education debate.
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Teenagers Peer at Their Problems
Socioeconomic status can affect teenagers’ perceptions of their peers’ experiences with life problems, further driving health inequities.
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Pollute Less, Suffer More
Communities of color experience pollution inequities as Whites experience less exposure than Black and Hispanic people to the air pollution they create.
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Do Test Scores Really Matter?
Test scores for students have increased in the past two decades in Massachusetts, yet the disparity between racial and socioeconomic groups still persists.
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Practice What We Preach
A 2019 study shows that public health schools’ maternity leave policies are too often not in keeping with their proclaimed values.
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Declining Abortion Rates in a Sexual Revolution
Abortion rates in the United States are falling. One explanation can be that high schoolers are having less sex than their predecessors did 40 years ago.
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Who’s in US Jails?
In the United States, a person can be held in jail awaiting trial for days, weeks, months, or years because they cannot afford to pay bail bond.
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Police-Related Deaths and Neighborhood Polarization
Police violence was lowest in privileged neighborhoods and highest with largest concentrations of low-income residents and residents of color.
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