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Jun 12, 2018

Opioid-Related Critical Care Resource Use in US Children’s Hospitals

America's opioid epidemic is hitting kids harder than ever, putting thousands into intensive care, a new study finds. The number of kids sent to pediatric intensive care units (PIC...
May 30, 2018

Saturated Fatty Acid and Trans-Fatty Intake for Adults and Children

The World Health Organization announced a sweeping plan that urges governments around the globe to eliminate the use of trans fats, the industrially produced edible oil that gave b...
May 23, 2018

‘State of the Air’: Most Polluted Cities, Then and Now

For the past 19 years, the American Lung Association has released an annual "State of the Air" Report, using data from official air quality monitors to look at pollution levels in ...
May 11, 2018

2017 Profile of Older Americans

The administration for Community Living (ACL) recently released the latest statistics on the older population, compiled primarily from U.S. Census data. Over the past 10 years, t...
May 10, 2018

Questions Raised About Study Of Device To Ease Opioid Withdrawal

In the face of a nationwide crisis of opioid addiction, people are eager for new solutions. The Bridge looks like a hearing aid or a futuristic earring, and its makers claim that...
May 9, 2018

Big Jump In Number Of Inmates Prescribed Psychiatric Drugs

To provide a measure of the prevalence of mental illness in jail, Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) reviewed data from 45 counties. They use the receipt of psychotrop...
May 3, 2018

In A Puerto Rican Mountain Town, Hope Ebbs and Health Suffers

More than six months after Hurricane Maria, daily life in Castañer is nowhere close to normal. Children attend school half the day; another nearby school is closed for at least two...
Mar 30, 2018

Emotional Health Among Youth Experiencing Family Homelessness

The risk of suicide and other emotional health problems is increased among youth who have experienced family homelessness in the past year, and though developmental assets reduce t...
Mar 28, 2018

A Health Picture of HUD-Assisted Children, 2006-2012

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the National Center for Health Statistics agreed in 2011 to link administrative records for individuals receiving h...
Mar 27, 2018

EnVision Centers

Recently, Dr. Ben Carson, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the launch of EnVision Centers, a new initiative designed to help HUD-assisted...
Mar 26, 2018

Dramatically Reduce Smoking Rates by Lowering Nicotine in Combustible Cigarettes to Minimally or Non-addictive Levels

Cigarettes would contain less addictive nicotine making them less attractive to smokers under an "unprecedented" plan the Food and Drug Administration recently announced. Stripping...
Mar 17, 2018

Vital Signs: Trends in Emergency Department Visits for Suspected Opioid Overdoses

The prevalence of suspected opioid overdose ED visits substantially increased in National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) and Enhanced State Opioid Overdose Surveillance (E...
Mar 16, 2018

Trump Administration Announces MyHealthEData Initiative to Put Patients at the Center of the US Healthcare System

The Trump administration is attempting to put patients in control of their own health data and to spur healthcare innovation as part of its broader efforts to cut red tape in the...
Mar 4, 2018

HUD Awards $35 Million To Promote Jobs, Self-Sufficiency for Public Housing Residents

In order to help low-income residents earn housing independence, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development through Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency - Service ...
Feb 28, 2018

In Houston’s Most Diverse Neighborhoods, Clinics See More Patients Than Ever After Harvey

The work in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey continues at local Community Health Centers. The disaster has raised awareness not just of the clinic, but of the fragility of securit...
Feb 14, 2018

As Opioid Crisis Strains Foster Care, States Aren’t Tracking the Damage

As the opioid crisis continues to grow nationwide, how is it impacting foster care? Since 2010, the number of child removals in which substance abuse was a factor has nearly quadru...
Feb 11, 2018

Recommended Immunization Schedule for Children and Adolescents Aged 18 Years or Younger

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) approved the recommended immunization schedule for children and adolescents aged 18 years or younger, United States, 2018. P...
Feb 9, 2018

Recommended Immunization Schedule for Adults Aged 19 Years or Older

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recently voted to approve the recommended immunization schedule for adults aged 19 years or older, United States, 2018. The ...
Jan 26, 2018

Why Discrimination Is a Health Issue

Learn what discrimination means for health, the physiological response to stress, and why a good education or high-paying job does not necessarily protect an individual from harmfu...
Jan 26, 2018

Where We Live Matters to Our Health

Families and individuals living in low-income communities face unique barriers to care. Listening to and respecting their concerns is the first step to meeting their needs. It is w...
Jan 19, 2018

Youth Homelessness in America

One in 10 young adults aged 18 to 25 in the US have slept on the streets, in shelters, run away, been kicked out of their home, or couch-surfed in the past year, according to a nat...
Jan 16, 2018

Flu activity is currently widespread in most of the U.S.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports there may potentially be 35 million cases of the flu before the season ends. CDC officials say the H3N2 strain is the most common and t...
Dec 21, 2017

Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving’s Story Explains Why

In a survey conducted this year by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 33 percent of black women said that they personally ha...
Dec 18, 2017

Lives at Risk Inside a Senior Complex in Puerto Rico With No Power

Conditions at the largest housing project for low-income seniors on the hurricane-ravaged island illustrate a health crisis for the most vulnerable. For more information click here...
Dec 14, 2017

Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities Among Rural Adults

Researchers often refer to the differences between rural and urban communities when discussing disparities in rural health; less frequently discussed are the racial/ethnic disparit...
Dec 12, 2017

A New Role for First Responders: Providing in-Home Health Care

Instead of transporting patients to the hospital, emergency medical technicians are responding to patients’ needs in their own home, avoiding high costs and reducing the risk of ho...
Dec 10, 2017

Youth Homelessness in America

More than 4 million young people experience unaccompanied homelessness in the course of a year, according to a new study from the University of Chicago. One in 30 youth ages 13-17 ...
Dec 8, 2017

Attack On Asthma: Scrubbing Homes Of Allergens May Tame Disease And Its Costs

After years of studying the causes of asthma, a pediatrician-turned-public health sleuth thinks there’s a way to substantially reduce its impact. But the approach faces a big hurdl...
Dec 7, 2017

Hospitals Find Asthma Hot Spots More Profitable To Neglect Than Fix

Keyonta Parnell has had asthma most of his young life, but it wasn’t until his family moved to the 140-year-old house here on Lemmon Street two years ago that he became one of the ...
Nov 22, 2017

President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis

An intervention that was originally designed for adults in clinical treatment settings is being pitched as a school-based solution to the opioid crisis. To determine which students...
Nov 18, 2017

Homelessness Becoming Impossible to Ignore on America’s West Coast

There has been a 23% rise in homelessness in Los Angeles this year. Homelessness on the West Coast is reaching epic proportions with sprawling tent cities now springing up in A...
Nov 12, 2017

Puerto Rico’s Community Health Centers: Struggling to Recover in the Wake of Hurricane Maria

In the weeks since Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico,  the island has struggled to recover from unprecedented devastation. Community health centers, which serve as medical homes ...
Nov 9, 2017

Illicit Drug Use Disorders and Drug Overdose Deaths in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas

This study presents an overview of illicit drug use, illicit drug use disorders, and drug overdose deaths for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in the United States. The findi...
Nov 6, 2017

The Housing Choice Voucher Program and Access to Opportunity in Florida’s Nonmetropolitan Areas

The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provides housing assistance to more than 2 million low-income households, a...
Nov 4, 2017

FDA Launches “This Is Our Watch”

The FDA has developed a new retailer education program, “This Is Our Watch,” to provide resources to tobacco retailers to encourage consistent compliance with the federal law that ...
Nov 3, 2017

Here Are The Final Recommendations Of The White House Opioid Commission

The White House’s commission on drug addiction and the opioid crisis on Wednesday released its final report, a list of recommendations that include an expanded drug court system, e...
Nov 2, 2017

Trump Officials Approve Medicaid Waivers For Opioid Treatment

The Trump administration approved Medicaid waivers in Utah and New Jersey to help improve access to treatment for opioid addiction, according to the states’ governors. The waivers...
Dec 25, 2017

HUD Awards $37 Million To Renew Support To 32 Local HIV-AIDS Housing Programs

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently announced that they will provide $37 million to assist more than 4,000 low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and the...
Dec 23, 2017

Smartphones in Mental Health: Detecting Depressive and Manic Episodes

When most people think of mood swings they probably associate them with the ups and downs of everyday life. People with bipolar disorder have a different experience. Their extreme ...
Oct 3, 2017

Statement from President Donald J. Trump on Down Syndrome Awareness Month

There are approximately 250,000 Americans with Down syndrome in the United States. President Donald Trump emphasized the nation’s commitment to promoting the health and well-being ...
Oct 3, 2017

Behavioral Health Barometers

The fourth edition of the Behavioral Health Barometer, which offers updates on the behavioral health of the nation, has been released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Servi...
Oct 3, 2017

United Nations International Day of Older Persons

The International Day of Older Persons is an opportunity to highlight the important contributions that older people make to society and raise awareness of the issues and challenges...
Oct 3, 2017

New Leaders Use Telehealth and Teamwork to Tackle Opioid Use

As the opioid crisis continues to grow, diverse leaders from every sector and discipline aim to address social factors that influence health, including telehealth to fight opioid a...
Sep 10, 2017

For Vulnerable Older Adults, A Harrowing Sense Of Being Trapped 

A Holocaust survivor waded waist-deep in flood water. Dozens of people were trapped in a 14-story residence for seniors. A disabled man sat alone at home, without the aide who usua...
Sep 8, 2017

Opportunity and Housing Access

Though population has generally flowed from low- to high-income states, leading to better employment opportunities and higher per capital income in a region, in the past two decade...
Sep 6, 2017

A Sea of Health and Environmental Hazards in Houston’s Floodwaters

More than 30 people are dead in the wake of Harvey, but the longest lasting impact of the hurricane turned tropical storm is just beginning: the public health threat. From the ...
Sep 5, 2017

Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices – United States, 2017-18 Influenza Season

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recently released its recommendations on the use of the influenza vaccine f...
Aug 22, 2017

2011-2015 National Survey of Family Growth

According to a recent CDC survey, only one third of Americans use condoms. According to the health experts, condoms are not the best method of birth control, but they do help preve...
Aug 15, 2017

Producing Affordable Housing in Rising Markets: What Works?

Though cities have recovered from the 2008 recession, housing market trends have created new burdens. Gentrification has taken the form of “new build” housing in recent years, and ...
Aug 15, 2017

Asthma in the Elderly and Late-onset Adult Asthma

Estimates vary, but up to 9 percent of older adults are thought to have asthma, a respiratory condition that inflames the lungs and interferes with breathing. Death rates for older...
Aug 8, 2017

Smoking Cessation for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness

Smoking is a major problem among people with severe mental illness. Smoking is associated with respiratory diseases, heart disease, and makes just about every other disease worse. ...
Jul 25, 2017

Interrupted Sleep May Lead to Alzheimer’s, New Studies Show

Disrupted sleep could increase the risk of dementia, a series of major studies suggests. Research on more than 1,600 people found that those suffering from disordered breathing at ...
Jul 17, 2017

2017 Alzheimer’s disease Facts And Figures

Every 66 seconds an American develops Alzheimer's disease according to the Alzheimer's Association annual report. By 2050, that frequency is expected to increase to one every 33 se...
Jul 11, 2017

Assistance for Individuals with Medicare Part A and Marketplace Coverage Information for SHIPs and Marketplace Assisters

People who kept insurance coverage on the ACA marketplaces and did not enroll in Medicare once they became eligible may seek a waiver to opt out of federal penalties. CMS is offeri...
Jul 10, 2017

I Can Take Care of Myself! Patients Refusals of Home Health Care Services

According to a report by United Hospital Fund (UHF) and the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation (the Alliance), when patients who have been discharged from inpatient ca...
Jun 8, 2017

Women Who Breast-Feed May Be Lowering Their Risk Of Endometrial Cancer

Women who breast-feed their babies for the recommended six months may be lowering their own risk of developing endometrial cancer, a new study suggests. In the analysis of data fro...
Jun 7, 2017

Much Shorter Chemo Works For Many Colon Cancer Patients, Study Says 

Many colon cancer patients can cut their chemotherapy regimen in half, improving their quality of life and reducing their chances of having debilitating side effects, according...
Jun 6, 2017

Drug Deaths In America Are Rising Faster Than Ever 

Drug overdose deaths in 2016 most likely exceeded 59,000, the largest annual jump ever recorded in the United States, according to preliminary data compiled by The New York Times. ...
Jun 5, 2017

Many COPD Patients Struggle To Pay For Each Medicinal Breath

Sarah Jane Tribble reports: "After a lifetime of smoking, Juanita Milton needs help breathing. She’s tethered to an oxygen tank 24/7 and uses two drug inhalers a day, including Spi...
May 26, 2017

Like Hunger Or Thirst, Loneliness In Seniors Can Be Eased

Judith Graham reports: "It’s widely believed that older age is darkened by persistent loneliness. But a considerable body of research confirms this isn’t the case. In fact, lonelin...
May 25, 2017

Why exercise is the best medicine for your brain

Given time, any brain can succumb to dementia — memories fade, thoughts scatter, basic abilities wither on the vine. Brains don’t come with lifetime guarantees, but there is one ma...
May 8, 2017

Exodous by Puerto Rican Medical Students Deepens Island’s Doctor Drain

Carmen Heredia Rodriguez reports: "Myladis Reyes, 26, fell in love with medicine by accident. She was a sophomore at the University of Puerto Rico studying chemistry seven years ag...
May 4, 2017

Schools scramble to confront dangers of lead in water

Tests last summer showed troubling levels of lead in the water at Summit Township Elementary School, perched on a quiet hilltop outside Butler, Pa. But for the next five months, no...
Mar 16, 2017

A Playbook For Managing Problems In The Last Chapter Of Your Life

[Dr. Lee Ann] Lindquist, chief of geriatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, wondered if people could become better prepared for such emergencies, and so ...
Feb 23, 2017

Prolonged Sleep May Be a Early Warning Sign Of Dementia

Older adults who started sleeping more than nine hours a night — but had not previously slept so much — were at more than double the risk of developing dementia a decade later than...
Feb 23, 2017

Alzheimer’s Looms Large For Latinos

Heidi de Marco reports: "The number of Alzheimer’s cases in the United States is rising, especially among Latinos — the fastest growing minority in the country. With no cure in sig...
Feb 23, 2017

Geriatricians Can Now Help Aging Patients Navigate Multiple Ailments

Judith Graham writes: "For months, Teresa Christensen’s 87-year-old mother, Genevieve, complained of pain from a nasty sore on her right foot. She stopped going to church. She coul...
Feb 15, 2017

Sharp Rise Reported in Older Americans Use of Multiple Psychotropic Drugs

The number of retirement-age Americans taking at least three psychiatric drugs more than doubled between 2004 and 2013, even though almost half of them had no mental health diagnos...
Feb 1, 2017

The surprising link between air pollution and Alzheimer’s disease

With environmental regulations expected to come under heavy fire from the Trump administration, new research offers powerful evidence of a link between air pollution and dementia r...
Jan 17, 2017

Changing Your Habits for Better Health

The day-to-day choices you make influence whether you maintain vitality as you age or develop life-shortening illnesses and disabling conditions like heart disease, diabetes, high ...
Jan 17, 2017

Urinary Tract Infections

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common bladder problem, especially as people age. Although everyone has some risk for UTIs, some people are more likely to get UTIs than other...
Jan 10, 2017

Memory loss: Just a sign of aging, or something more?

Many people worry about becoming forgetful. They think forgetfulness is the first sign of Alzheimer's disease. Forgetfulness can be a normal part of aging. As people get older, cha...
Dec 28, 2016

Carrie Fisher Mental Health Advocate

Carrie Fisher - actor, author and mental health advocate, passed away after sustaining a serious heart attack during a flight to Los Angeles. Many millennials know her from the Sta...
Dec 28, 2016

Instituting Smoke Free Public Housing

HUD Secretary Castro Announces that all Public Housing is to be Smoke-Free. The new rule requires each public housing agency (PHA) administering public housing to implement a smoke...
Dec 8, 2016

Ultrasound Therapy for Preventing Brain Aging and Alzheimer’s

According to the World Health Alzheimer's disease and dementia take a huge toll on older men and women. The good news is a recent study shows ultrasound therapy restores notable me...
Nov 24, 2016

Holiday Shopping Tips For Grandparents

For many of us, the day after Thanksgiving is a day of rest after cooking, eating, cleaning, and more eating. But for others, shopping on Black Friday is a tradition that includes ...
May 21, 2016

Senior Accessing Social Media

Many might think that social media is the exclusive domain of the younger generation. However, many of our older adults have enthusiastically adopted it to keep up with the times a...
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