Legislators, policymakers, and experts gathered to discuss the need for comprehensive legislation aimed at ensuring social ...

These policies create a patchwork of legal landscapes that vary widely between and within states, affecting aspects of everyday life ranging from how kids learn ... affect public health. Research has ...

The incident raises questions about a rise in ... He said rising youth violence is tied to children’s environments and social determinants of health, such as access to stable housing and education.

Mental health is a prominent concern in public discourse, with a focus on funding and service availability, says Dr Keith Edwards.

Two weeks into the Trump administration, external communication from federal health agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with the nation and world has gone dark. In the ...

Asthma represents a substantial health burden in childhood globally, with minoritised populations being disproportionately impacted. 1 Recent literature has increasingly linked social determinants ...

Black infants in our state are nearly three times more likely to die before their first birthday than white infants.

Perhaps the most important shift for Medicaid — and the source of its growing popularity — is that the program isn’t really seen as a handout anymore. A large majority of Americans, including 45 ...

Nurses are calling on Ontarians to place health and the underlying determinants of ill health at the top of the political agenda during the provincial election campaign. The Registered Nurses' ...