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India accounted for 12% of the world’s total maternal deaths in 2017, second only to Nigeria.

Poor healthcare facilities force women of Himachal Pradesh’s Koti village to travel long distances to seek maternal healthcare services, while suffering through difficult terrain and adverse weather

We reviewed data on the American diet from 1800 to 2019. Methods We examined food availability and estimated consumption data from 1808-2019 using historical sources from the federal government and additional public data sources. Results Processed and ultra-processed foods increased from 60% of foods. Large increases occurred for sugar, white and whole wheat flour, rice, poultry, eggs, and vegetable oils, dairy products, and fresh vegetables. Saturated fats from animal sources declined while pol...

Next week the United States Census Bureau will release its annualreport on "poverty" stating, as it has for many years, that thereare some 31 million to 32 million poor Americans, a number greaterthan in 1965 when the War on Poverty began.

Every Christmas I have the same vague sense of dislocation. What am American Born Chinese|I doing celebrating this religious holiday when my family and ...

A 1969 pamphlet written by Fred Thompson and produced by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) about potential worldwide union coordination and cooperation.

Every Christmas I have the same vague sense of dislocation. What am American Born Chinese|I doing celebrating this religious holiday when my family and ...

Question: We hear popular soft drinks referred to as either “soda” or “pop.” Why the difference, and which is it? (Asked by a curious soft-drink drinker.)

Whether or not a child's parents are married and stay married has a massive affect on his or her future prosperity and that of the next generation.

Toggle open close Increasing living standards depends on increasing worker productivity. Competition causes firms to tie wages closely to employees’ productivity. Since 1973, the average private-sector employee’s productivity has increased by 81 percent, while their average compensation has increased by 78 percent. Some analysts have produced charts purporting to show that productivity has grown sharply while pay has remained nearly flat. These charts contain many methodological errors. The...