Why Are Some Communities Less Healthy than Others? Follow the Money

Commentary by Ted Schettler Social environmental determinants of health (SDOH) largely explain why a newborn girl has a life expectancy of more than 80 years if she is born in some countries but less than 45 years if she is born in others. Or why zip codes in the US accurately predict many measures of […]

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The Attack on America’s Freedom to Vote

by Kenny Bruno No thoughtful person can question that the American democratic system is under broad attack. There have always been some who oppose American democracy, and preferred rule by and for the wealthy, the white, and the male. American democracy has always been flawed, but what now concerns us is quite new in the […]

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