NEWS / PUBLIC HEALTH

What Income Inequality Does to Kids' Brains

Kids living in areas of economic inequality show brain changes reflecting stress and which raise the likelihood of anxiety and depression. >

Kids and Teens Still Need COVID Vaccines

Becoming reinfected with COVID raises kids' chances of developing long COVID and the serious heart complications that are connected to it. >

Ticks Are Migrating, Raising Disease Risks if They Can’t Be Tracked Quickly Enough

Lyme disease, the often debilitating infection carried by deer ticks, started in Connecticut. It has recently shown up in Montana. >

Protecting Kids from Plastics

The chemicals used in plastics can pose serious risks to children’s health, risks that can last into adulthood. How to cut kids' exposure. >

Time to Ditch Daylight Savings Time?

The twice-yearly time change in the U.S. disrupts circadian rhythms nationwide. This is a health and safety issue. But which way to choose? >

Online Images Often Show the Wrong Way to Take Blood Pressure

More than half of the online images of a person having their BP taken showed the wrong way to do it. This can lead to mistaken treatment. >

Prenatal Exposure to Agricultural Pesticides Lasts a Lifetime

Mothers' exposure to agricultural pesticides are linked to autism, brain damage and behavioral problems in children that last a lifetime. >

HEPA Help for Hypertension

Pollution from cars and factories doesn't only affect breathing. It can raise blood pressure. An at-home air purifier will help lower it. >

How Walkable is Your Town?

People who live in towns and cities that encourage walking are healthier -- mentally and physically -- than those in less walkable places. >

Dollar Stores' Effects on Diet Aren't As Bad As Many Suspect

It's true the stores carry processed snacks and don't carry fresh fruits and veggies, but most shoppers buy these healthy foods elsewhere. >

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