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12.01.2025 Close up of a pregnant woman sitting during medical examination with female doctor holding stethoscope near belly, focusing on prenatal health care and pregnancy monitoring

Close up of a pregnant woman sitting during medical examination with female doctor holding stethoscope near belly, focusing on prenatal health care and pregnancy monitoring

Most Rural Hospitals in the U.S. No Longer Deliver Babies

In 2010, 57% of rural hospitals offered obstetric services. By 2022, over half of rural hospitals no longer had labor and delivery care.

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

11.20.2025 portrait of a young Black man looking at beverage products while grocery shopping

Fast, Cheap, Harmful: The Hidden Cost of Ultra-Processed Foods

Reliance on ultra-processed foods can reshape hormones and metabolism, with effects on fertility, pregnancy, and long-term health.

Fellow Aidan Stotz

11.18.2025 CDC headquarters. Federal public health data concept

Why Is Federal Health Data Disappearing?

Executive orders have endangered public health data, with nearly 13% of the CDC’s online datasets disappearing after January 21, 2025.

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

11.17.2025 Building with a large H sign for "hospital"

Health Equity

Paying More for Less

Many high-markup hospitals are for-profit institutions, where patients are charged far more for routine surgery and care.

Fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond

11.13.2025 Young girl upset and sitting alone in the dark. Child abuse concept

Gentler Parenting, Stronger Minds

Adults who reported being verbally abused as children were 1.5 times more likely to have poor mental well-being than those who did not.

Fellow Aidan Stotz

11.07.2025 Doctor providing patient with care. Concept for using health insurance

Health Equity

Knowledge Is Care: Why Understanding Your Health Insurance Matters

People who felt more confident in their health insurance knowledge were more likely to report they were in “very good” or “excellent” health.

Fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond

11.06.2025 young man sitting on the stairs with his head in his hands

Where Housing Meets Healing

Suicide risk rises when housing is lost, especially alongside mental illness, substance use, or recent self-harm.

Fellow Aidan Stotz

11.05.2025 Large crude oil storage tanks beneath an oil refinery in a green hilly area

The Downstream Harms of Upstream Oil and Gas Development

Maternal exposure to benzene, a carcinogen present in crude oil and gas, increases the risk of developing childhood leukemia.

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

10.30.2025 Close-up portrait of a young person holding a beer and smoking a cigarette. Teen substance use concept

How Family Incarceration Sparks Teen Addiction

Teens with a loved one in prison were 2.5 times more likely to drink alcohol and 1.6 times more likely to use cannabis than those without.

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

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