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A recent study by Jacob Bor of the Boston University School of Public Health showed that voters in areas with stagnated or declining life expectancy were more likely to vote for Trump.

Research shows that an overwhelming majority of Americans out of the workforce are women with a high school education or less, and about half of these women cite caregiving as the reason.

Louisiana has the highest number of inmate deaths (per 100,000) in the nation, and the number is rising rapidly. What explains this dramatic disparity?

Twisted carrots and dynamite beets? A new study suggests a surprising strategy to battle the ongoing obesity epidemic in the US.

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.

Shifting 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.

Prior to 2015, kidney transplants went to white patients at a much higher rate. A new allocation system was devised in order to change that.

Research 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.

Refugees from travel ban countries make up only 6% of all refugees in the United States.

The gender pay gap begins to affect women shortly after college, when they have similar experience and qualifications as their male counterparts.