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Exclusionary Discipline Threatens Youth Mental Health, but Protective Factors Can Help

Individual, social, and school strengths buffer against anxiety and depression, new study finds.

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Expanded SNAP Benefits Boosted Food Security During the COVID-19 Emergency, Study Finds

Young boy wearing a mask chooses fruit in a grocery store.

At the height of the pandemic, households receiving SNAP benefits were more likely to be able to access sufficient and nutritious food, researchers from the University of Minnesota found.1 As…

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Public Housing, Vouchers Open Doors to Better Child Health, New Research Suggests

Children in households that receive federal rental assistance are healthier and miss less school due to illness than those whose households are waiting for help, new research demonstrates.1 However, up…

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More Sleep Could Improve Many U.S. Teenagers’ Mental Health

Most American teenagers are sleep deprived: Fewer than one in four U.S. high school students gets the recommended eight hours of sleep per night.1 Researchers who study the relationship between…

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Black Women Over Three Times More Likely to Die in Pregnancy, Postpartum Than White Women, New Research Finds

In the United States, Black-white disparities in maternal mortality—deaths related to pregnancy or childbirth—may be larger than previously reported, new research shows. Closing the gap involves addressing structural racism—that is,…

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U.S. Racial Inequality May Be as Deadly as the Coronavirus

In estimating the magnitude of the pandemic, demographers have found that COVID-19 is likely to shorten the average U.S. lifespan in 2020 by about a year.

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