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A new IADB documentary calls attention to how the cities and neighborhoods where we live affect our life expectancy

Maurice D. Edington has been named the next president of the University of the District of Columbia.

Higher neighborhood density of unhealthy retail food establishments was associated with a higher risk of delivering a baby that was large-for-gestational age, according to a new study at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, while neighborhoods with a high density of healthy food retail establishments was linked with a lower risk of giving birth to a baby that was small-for-gestational age.

Autistic individuals often rely on Medicaid for insurance, but the transition to adulthood can, and often does, impact their enrollment status.

The nationwide Adderall shortage has turned tracking medication down into a full-time job for ADHD patients.

As the City of Philadelphia encourages low-income residents to sign up for the federal internet subsidy, this group is working to get more West Philadelphians connected by leveraging their community connections.

Despite the stream of “good news” about vitamin D, the supplement’s prospects to prevent mental health disorders in adults remain dim

Ortega’s appointment is effective September 1, 2023.

Proactive policing, such as pedestrian and traffic stops, is a crime prevention tactic that relies on police officer discretion to stop and search individuals they consider suspicious. A recently published study in the journal of the American Public Health Association, looking at proactive policing and preterm birth rates in New Orleans, shows that Black residents living in neighborhoods experiencing high levels of proactive policing were about three times as likely to give birth preterm (before...

U.S. agriculture officials proposed new nutrition standards for school meals last week, including the first limits on added sugars, with a focus on sweetened foods such as cereals, yogurt, flavored