Mass killings that unfold in public places are a small fraction of all U.S. mass killings. Those that occur at a workplace are an even smaller subset.
Author: Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY
Black saliva, sore throat, shortness of breath: How dangerous is wildfire season for US farmworkers?
Farmworkers on the West Coast, including California, have reported specific health problems during wildfire season. Researchers want to know more.
After Hurricane Ian hits Fort Myers, Black neighborhood residents say they aren’t counting on much help
Residents in Dunbar say they have grown accustomed to relying on themselves and looking out for each other.
Black and Hispanic children suffer disproportionately from asthma. Climate change is making it worse.
Black and Hispanic kids disproportionately suffer from asthma. Here’s how extreme heat threatens their health even more.
‘Staggering’ and ‘sobering’: More than 80% of US maternal deaths are preventable, CDC study shows
Four in five pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. could have been prevented, according to a federal analysis of data from 2017 to 2019.
Flooding broke open Jackson’s water crisis, but it can’t be disentangled from race, experts say
While the floodwaters let the system tip over, experts say underinvestment in Jackson’s infrastructure – a city that’s majority Black – is to blame.
‘It wears on your spirit’: As the U.S. marks 1 million COVID-19 deaths, a hard-hit Georgia county reckons with loss
The pandemic has meant frequent funerals in Georgia’s Hancock County, where 1 in 100 residents has died of COVID.
‘High and dry’: Abortion bans could be riskiest on women in maternal health care ‘deserts’
More than 2 million women live in counties with no birth center or other obstetric care. A ban on abortion could mean greater health risks for them.
26 states plan to ban abortion in some form if the Supreme Court OKs Mississippi’s ban. Here’s who is most at risk.
Who will lose access to abortion if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade? Those who are low-income and nonwhite are expected to be most affected.
What’s the ‘lived experience’ of diverse Americans? A large-scale NIH survey is seeking the answer.
The latest survey from the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us program is taking a pulse on social and environmental factors that impact health.