Suicide Attempts and Bullying Highest for Sexual Minority and Female Adolescents
Sexual minority, American Indian, Alaskan Native, non-Hispanic Multiracial, and female adolescents are at highest risk for suicide attempts from bullying victimization, according to a new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
US plans end to mpox public health emergency in January
The federal government plans to end in January the public health emergency it declared earlier this year after an outbreak of mpox infected more than 29,000 people across the U.S.
Over 3 Million Selected Affordable Health Coverage in ACA Marketplace Since Start of Open Enrollment Period
The Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly 3.4 million people nationwide have selected an Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace health plan since the start of the 2023 Marketplace Open Enrollment Period (OEP) on November 1.
Health Researchers Seek to Answer a Fundamental Question: What Is Health?
We usually think of health in the context of ill health: if I am not sick than I am healthy. However, according to the World Health Organization, health is more than the absence of disease.
WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racism concerns
The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist.
