An investigative report by The Observer has revealed that the Home Office is preventing young children from joining their mothers in Britain, despite overwhelming evidence that the women are their primary caregivers. The policy has been criticized as “distressing” and “inhumane” as it has resulted in the rejection of dozens of visa applications for children…
The founding chairman of the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative, George Vradenburg, shared some alarming statistics at a round-table discussion they hosted at Davos. By 2050, the world’s population is expected to reach close to 10 billion, with as many as 22 billion people over the age of 60, according to the World Health Organization. A separate…
The fourth annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Health Justice Symposium, held at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and over Zoom, delved into the connection between justice and health care, as well as the role of compassion and humanity in addressing health disparities. Moderated by Dr. Medell Briggs-Malonson, an emergency medicine physician and chief of…
The CDC has recently released a report on reliable transportation, examining how access to transportation impacts Health and healthcare access in the United States. The report found that approximately 5.7% of American adults, totaling about 15 million individuals, face unreliable transportation, which affects their ability to access healthcare appointments, healthy food, education, and jobs. This…
The first conference of the Black Youth Mental Health Clinical Case Conference Series was attended by over 300 clinicians, psychiatrists, healthcare workers, social workers, and students. The series is organized by Amanda Calhoun, a child psychiatry fellow and the chief resident at the Yale Child Study Center. The purpose of the series is to share…
This week’s must-reads: Lessons on healthy aging from a 93-year-old rower Richard Morgan, a 93-year-old rower with the fitness of someone less than half his age, is the subject of a new case study published last month in the Journal of Applied Physiology. His remarkable story, inspiring readers and showing it is never too late…
Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine Unveil First Community Benefit Report Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine have released their first Community Benefit Report, titled “Healthy Communities, Healthy Futures,” highlighting the positive impact of their efforts to improve mental health, health equity, and Wellness/disease prevention in central Pennsylvania. The…
