A Lifeline for Primary Care Amid a Crisis in Youth Mental Health
Most mental health care in America doesn’t happen in psychiatrists’ offices – especially when it comes to children, teens and...
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America Has an Anger Problem – Can Better “Mental Nutrition” Fix It?
America is a pretty angry place these days. Formerly respectful spaces like school board meetings have become bitter battlegrounds. Some...
Five Tips to Ease Kids’ Social Reentry
Pediatric neurologist Jane Tavyev, MD, has advice for parents looking to help their children learn social skills after pandemic isolation....
Air Pollution Disproportionally Affects People of Color, Lower-Income Residents in DC
The rates of death and health burdens associated with air pollution are borne unequally and inequitably by people of color...
Anxiety Effectively Treated with Exercise
Both moderate and strenuous exercise alleviate symptoms of anxiety, even when the disorder is chronic, a study led by researchers...
How to Win America’s Fight Against the Opioid Epidemic
Every day, an astonishing 115 Americans die from opioid overdoses, according to a 2017 report from the Center for Disease Control...
New Preschool Program in Oregon is a Model for the Nation—But Challenges Remain
By Mary King and Lisa Dodson In November 2020, voters in Multnomah County, home to the city of Portland, resoundingly approved the...
What the U.S. Government Can Do to Address Energy Insecurity
By Sanya Carley and David M. Konisky Energy insecurity—defined as the inability to pay one’s energy bill or avoid utility disconnection—is a...
Too Many Young People Aren’t Getting the Jab – Can Music Change Their Minds?
When Frank Kilpatrick set out to convince more younger people to get the jab, he knew he’d have to overcome...
Study Casts Doubt on Theory That Women Aren’t as Competitive as Men
As researchers investigate reasons for America's persistent gender wage gap, one possible explanation that has emerged in roughly the last...
Why Political Science Can and Should Lead Diversity Efforts in Higher Education
Diversity is big business in the academy. Foundations such as Ford, Carnegie, and Robert Wood Johnson support academic efforts to...
Researchers Quantify the Role of the Pandemic in the 2020 U.S. Elections
In the media, a prevalent narrative is that Donald Trump lost the 2020 elections because of the way he handled...
New Analysis: More U.S. Adults Identify as Disabled; Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities Persist
A new analysis led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers finds that the number of U.S. adults who report they have...
Zoom Differentiation and Accommodations
Though virtual learning is seemingly becoming less commonplace across the country, it's still certainly around and likely will be for...
Why State Spending on Higher Education May Not Improve the Economy in Many States
In recent years, the idea of tuition-free colleges and universities in the United States has made its way into mainstream...
Nine Major Causes of Workplace Conflicts and How to Resolve Them
Every organization faces conflicts now and then, even if rules and procedures are strictly in place. Miscommunication, misunderstanding, and disagreement...
The Partisan Gap Among Women in Elective Office in 2020 and Beyond
The 2020 elections saw robust gains for Republican women in state legislatures and Congress. Republican women increased their numbers from...
UAlbany Receives $1M for Program to Prevent HIV and Substance Abuse
The University at Albany has been awarded nearly $1 million for the creation of a five-year, comprehensive program aimed at...
Permanent Twitter Ban of Extremist Influencers Can Detoxify Social Media
Banning right-wing extremists from social media can reduce the spread of anti-social ideas and conspiracy theories, according to Rutgers-led research....
Public Health and Art
The Rutgers School of Public Health and the Mason Gross School of the Arts have launched a collaboration to support community-engaged, arts-integrated...
