YSM spoke with Marcella Nunez-Smith about a new Connecticut Health Foundation initiative to promote maternal health equity in Connecticut.

This cross-sectional study aims to determine whether and when medicines receive market authorization in the countries where they are tested for US Food and Drug Administration approval, as well as…

Cancer is a universal challenge that hits those with the fewest resources hardest – and nearly half of global cancer deaths are linked to preventable risks.

A United States vaccine advisory panel, recently reformed to include known vaccine skeptics, voted to eliminate a three-decade-long recommendation that all

An infographic released by the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center highlights the decline of maternity care access in rural counties across the U.S. from 2010-2022, finding that nearl...

Some 4.6 billion people, or more than half the world’s population, still lacked access to a basic package of essential health services in 2023, a new World

In Kenya, toxicologists and epidemiologists face a difficult choice: to pursue better-paid work to support their families, or volunteer as reviewers for

A recent study from researchers at Rollins shows that policies designed to support infants exposed to substances before birth remain difficult to access and implement.

About 1% to 2% of birthing people experience a postpartum hospital readmission in the US.1 In some situations, postpartum readmissions may not be entirely preventable, such as when patients experience...

U.S. policymakers and delivery system leaders could learn from international models of maternity care, including for postpartum support and workforce composition.

Rural Americans face significant barriers to accessing adequate primary care; tailored federal and state programs can help address some of these challenges.

To expand opportunity and well-being for residents, local leaders need the right data and the skills to put the data into action. This session will help participants identify the most relevant data so...

A collaboration between the Connecticut Departments of Health and Corrections and the COPPER Center aimed to improve outcomes among incarcerated patients.

A new study led by researchers at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health estimates that nearly 20% of U.S. residents who use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention received the...

Over 3.7 million South Africans on monthly chronic medication can now get their medicine faster and closer to home, thanks to a vast network involving

Learn about working together to reduce Black maternal mortality.

Covid-19 has been linked to cardiovascular complications, but the long-term impacts, particularly for mild infections, are not well understood. Here, the authors investigate the long-term impacts of Covid-19 on cardiovascular disease using data on the whole population of Sweden aged 40-75 years.

Amid inflation, SNAP benefits did not cover the cost of a meal in 99 percent of counties in 2022. Adjustments to SNAP narrowed—but didn’t close—that gap.

Abstract. It has been difficult to measure rural-urban differences in maternal mortality ratios (MMRs) in the United States in recent years because of the

Dallas Regional Medical Center said in a statement that it is “committed to providing compassionate, high-quality care to every person who comes through our doors.”