BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — States with Democratic leaders tended to have responded more strongly to COVID-19 and have seen a lower rate of the spread of the...
Dina took to Google after feeling some discomfort in her pubic area. Although she was in graduate school several hundred miles away, she waited to see...
As COVID-19 took its toll on the U.S. in 2020, the numbers began to show that not everyone was equally affected by the virus. Data from the...
A key part of anti-racist social work practice is engaging in the art of reflection as we consider the person in the environment. This also involves...
What do you get when you mix the taboo nature of discussing sexual intimacy with the social stigma surrounding intellectual and developmental disabilities? The answer: a...
I taught special education in a sub-separate classroom for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. I’ve also worked as a paraprofessional in inclusion classrooms with students...
The social work field is often full of situations that are not straight forward. On a Reddit social media post, a social worker reached out to...
Becoming a social worker is never how I expected my career path to go. I always admired what they did but never believed myself capable of...
These days, many social workers are pretty clear that anti-racism is something they need to consistently work on in their practice, but when it comes to...
Generally, when we think of healthcare, we think of an ever-progressing field that is often one of the first sectors to utilize new technologies and other...
At the age of 17, I lost my older brother, David, to suicide. As a gay man in his early 20s, David struggled with mental health...
Social work can be an incredibly personal profession- exposing social workers not only to others’ traumas but often forcing them to face triggering experiences from their...
What will vaccine coverage look like when the world begins to return to normalcy? Expect rising costs, additional fees, and shifting coverage responsibilities.
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Foundation and the Health Behavior Research and Training Institute (HBRT) at The University of Texas at Austin Steve Hicks...
Over the last year and a half, there has been no shortage of media coverage about the mental health implications of the pandemic. Generally, these articles...
COVID-19 led to an increase in alcohol consumption. Here's how to encourage Americans to level set.
Conversations about police violence are happening all over the world from the killing of Mr. George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Jacob Black and so many other Black,...
We’re all public health nerds now, and many of us have stepped up our games when it comes to washing our hands and sanitizing surfaces at...
The Tourette Association of America (TAA), the premier national nonprofit organization serving the Tourette Syndrome (TS) and Tic Disorder community, will host a series of virtual...
On May 15, 2020, Rep. Karen Bass, co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, and Rep. Gwen Moore will introduce the Dosha Joi Immediate Coverage...
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A recent study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers provides evidence that CD4+ T lymphocytes — immune system cells also known...
Although extreme poverty in the United States is low by global standards, the U.S. has the worst index of health...
Recently, I had the opportunity to give a webinar on disability cultural competence to social service workers, but was met...
Pediatric neurologist Jane Tavyev, MD, has advice for parents looking to help their children learn social skills after pandemic isolation....