By Abby Outterson / October 7, 2022

Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis is co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary, an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), and a lecturer at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

Does how someone feels they are doing financially compared to how they actually are doing have parenting implications?

Suicide attempts in Texas prisons increase in warmer months, and decrease in cooler months.

Adverse outcomes of conversion therapy extend beyond psychological, physical and social; it’s also costly financially.

States that increased access to food assistance programs reduced child protective services investigations.

Utibe R. Essien, MD, MPH is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and a general internist and health disparities researcher at the VA Pittsburgh Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion.

Wealth drives longevity in all age groups, but it becomes more important for living longer the longer we live.

COVID-19 affected prescription medication use, offering lessons in how medication continuity could be managed during future crises.

Adults ages 50 to 80 experienced ageism which affected their health, researchers found in a recent survey.

Researchers analyzed diet quality over time, examining cyclical changes related to macroeconomic conditions.

Emile DeWeaver is an activist and author whose life sentence was commuted after 21 years for his community work in prison. The co-founder of Prison Renaissance, DeWeaver also covertly organized to pass legislation that changed the way California treats juveniles in its criminal legal system while in prison. 

Researchers explored wellbeing during the pandemic and found differences in life satisfaction and optimism between racial groups in the U.S.

Heidi Porter is a local public health director who is used to getting calls for the unusual and the mundane. She delivers public health services in Bedford, Mass., from a broad, whole health perspective, relying on a multidisciplinary health and human services team.