Signed Up with No Say
In a good-faith effort to help more residents enroll and to coordinate their care between Medicare and Medicaid, Cal MediConnect automatically enrolled dual-eligible residents from 7 counties—without their consent.
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Keeping Elderly Loneliness at Bay
Intuitive, affordable, and usable technology can help mitigate the social and emotional loneliness seniors face during Covid-19.
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Covid-19 Changes Climate Patterns
A systematic study explores how the pandemic has impacted the short-term environmental patterns in China, California, and worldwide.
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Schools and Scales
Policymakers argue school BMI policies prevent childhood obesity. But recent research indicates that the practice is not only ineffective. It’s harmful.
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Breast Density by Law
The standard for detecting breast cancer is imagery – either by mammogram or ultrasound. However, breasts are not uniformly photogenic.
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The ‘Public’ in Public Health
Across the United States, a higher percentage of farmworkers in a county was associated with a higher number of deaths from Covid-19.
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Sailing Impossible Seas
Incorporating stress appraisal into health disparities research demonstrates the distinctiveness of the stress experiences for Black elders.
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Shipping Shapes Health
Shipping is indispensable for the global economy, but it is also one of the world’s highest polluting sectors.
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Cardio Confinement
Solitary confinement creates a state of extreme social deprivation that harms both mental and physical health.
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Arrests and the Health of Latinx Youth
While border crossings continue to be the premier story for immigration, interior arrests are equally as important and often overlooked.
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