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
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…
Read MorePublic 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…
Read MoreMore 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…
Read MoreBlack 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,…
Read MoreU.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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