Public Health & Medicine

The study shows that people with lower income and education have worse lung health, even though air quality has improved in recent decades.

Listen to this episode from WSJ’s The Future of Everything on Spotify. The battle against noise has been waged, rather quietly, for decades. And yet, urban noise pollution is getting worse. A growing body of evidence indicates that it is more than a nuisance- persistent exposure to noise can cause chronic health issues. Anyone can be impacted, but marginalized communities most often live closer to sources of unwanted noise. In this episode, we look at the impacts of urban noise, new efforts to understand and track it and consider design solutions that can help mitigate unwanted sound.

Using 1992–2014 data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), the present study examines the nature and characteristics of hate crimes against Asian Americans by comparing them with those of hate crimes against African Americans ...

Many Asian Americans live daily with the corrosive effects of racism and racialized violence, yet there's very little research funded on Asian American health.

What part does the gut play in Parkinson’s disease?

Collaborating with devoted colleagues, Dr. Kariko laid the groundwork for the mRNA vaccines turning the tide of the pandemic.

The U.S. surpassed 500,000 COVID deaths on Monday.

Travelers, tourism professionals and medical experts share their perspectives.

The World Health Organization has implemented a new system to name variants of COVID-19 that use Greek letters instead of country names to avoid stigmatizing the regions

The once oil-rich country lacks vaccines and performs few tests as Covid-19 rages, with some people choosing to die at home to avoid hospitals short of electricity and oxygen.

The Trevor Project's 2021 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health is the organization's third annual, cross-sectional national survey of LGBTQ youth across the United States. We hope this report elevates the voices and experiences of diverse LGBTQ youth, providing insights that can be used by researchers, policymakers, and the many organizations working to support LGBTQ youth around the world.

New data from Israel suggests a link between myocarditis and Pfizer’s vaccine, but the CDC isn’t there yet.

A team of undergraduates lead by a professor at Cold Spring Harbor demonstrated that many targeted drugs do not work as expected. Target discovery is the pharmaceutical industry's grand challenge.

The story of how systemic racism took root in policy and addiction treatment dates back to 1800s. Here's what history and research reveal.

We surveyed Americans and a panel of nutrition experts about which foods they thought were good or bad for you.

Combining a multitude of predictions and projections, modeling teams hone the uncertainty.

The country’s official figures grossly understate the pandemic’s true effects. Our estimates, informed by more than a dozen experts’ research, range from very bad to catastrophic.

The country had more than 37 thousand new cases in 24 hours; health system is under pressure

Important immune cells survive in the bone marrow of people who were infected with the virus or were inoculated against it, new research suggests.

ROCHESTER, Minn. ― Heart disease can take a number of forms, but some types of heart disease, such as asymptomatic [...]

Mink in Denmark are not the only animals that could become reservoirs for the coronavirus to spread new mutations to people.

A newly identified coronavirus may not pose a serious threat, but the finding highlights the need to monitor animal viruses more proactively, scientists say.

This phase of the pandemic, when adults can be vaccinated but young children cannot, is confusing for many families.