How Extreme Heat Affects Health
The world has been getting hotter. Across the globe temperatures have been rising. Globally, 2016 was the warmest year on record and 2020 was the ...
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How Technology Is Transforming Patient Accessibility
July 26, 2021, marked the 31st anniversary of the signing of the ADA, or Americans with Disabilities Act. The ADA prohibits discrimination of people with ...
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The Restrictions Behind Gay Men and Blood Donations
In the depth of the COVID-19 crisis in 2020, while thousands were sewing homemade masks and gathering nonperishable food donations, blood donation requests from blood ...
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Mental Health Awareness Month 2021: There’s Work to Be Done
Since 1949, the month of May has been recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States. Nearly one in five U.S. adults lives ...
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ALA’s State of the Air 2021 Report: Air Pollution Discrimination
Since 2000, the American Lung Association (ALA) has published an annual report called the “State of the Air.” This report examines air pollution levels around ...
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Women and Caregiving: Invisible Labor
In the United States, two-thirds of all caregivers are women. Caregiving means taking care of adults or children (or both) on a regular basis. It ...
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