Residents in a 'food desert' make long trips to get fresh produce, milk and eggs.
Community & Public Health
A combination of increased substance abuse, a lack of shelter options and a backlogged court system made it difficult for victims to get timely help.
A conversation with with Ida Melbye, the executive director of The Period Collective.
From the beginning, Lexis-Olivier Ray knew that he wanted to foreground the experiences of those most affected.
The number of congenital syphilis cases has ballooned to rates not seen in two decades. Public health workers say the increase coincides with a decline in funding for public health and a drop in the rate of women accessing prenatal care.
“I think it would be a bit cavalier to all of a sudden say, We’re completely through with it,” Dr. Fauci said at a center event this week.
Early intervention is the key to keeping kids in school, and the Richmond County School System does that through a multi-tier level of support and services.
A pledge to sharply reduce infant mortality by 2023 faces daunting obstacles.
For years in the western Coachella Valley, residents who don’t speak English have been left out of senior centers — the same places where many older adults go when experiencing isolation, loneliness, and housing, food or income insecurity.
Lawmakers concerned about New Mexico’s worst-in-the-nation rate of alcohol-related deaths are focused on revising how the state taxes alcohol.