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Climate is integral to good health and wellbeing, but it can also be a forceful driver of death and disease. Many diseases both here in Australia and globally are climate sensitive — the global magnitude of such diseases was estimated to be 39 503 684 deaths (69.9% of total annual deaths) and 1 530 630 442 disability‐adjusted life years in […]
Published 2023-11-17 07:00 7:00 November 17, 2023 am For the first time, a national climate assessment has included a section dedicated to women’s health and acknowledges that LGBTQ+ people are more vulnerable to the climate crisis. The Fifth National Climate Assessment was released Tuesday by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, a project mandated by […]
Reps. Katie Porter (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) today announced the reintroduction of the Mental Health Justice Act of 2023 with 43 of their colleagues. The Mental Health Justice Act would help states, tribes, and localities establish mental health responder units to support individuals in crisis. Sen. Warren […]
» Go to news main Three‑time alum returns to Dalhousie as a professor Posted by Andrew Pelrine on November 15, 2023 in News Dr. Keisha Jefferies (BScN’13, MN’17, PhD’22) discovered a love of nursing as a Dalhousie student. Now, as a University Research Chair – Emerging Scholar, she is excited to share her research and […]
Key Points Question Is perceived interpersonal racism associated with stroke risk? Findings In this cohort study of 48 375 US Black women, those who reported experiencing interpersonal racism in situations involving employment, housing, and the police had an estimated 38% increased risk of stroke compared with women who reported no such experiences. Meaning These findings suggest […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Lora Black, executive director of clinical research at Sanford Research, will be one of the featured speakers at the 2023 Milken Institute Future of Health Summit Wednesday in Washington D.C. Black will join an invitation-only roundtable discussion on the Community-Based Research Collaboratory. The 2023 Milken Institute Future of Health Summit confronts […]
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Differences in health care expenditures between Black and white adults vary substantially with the local level of racial and economic integration, and tend to be low or nonexistent in highly integrated communities, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. For their study, the researchers compared health […]
A tractor transports bales of straw after a harvest to clear the land for soybean plantation, during wheat harvest in Shelbyville, Kentucky, U.S. June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights