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Dr Shiva Balak Misra was only in his early 30s when he made the groundbreaking discovery of a type of fossil that is among the oldest life forms known to exist on earth. At the time, he was a student at the Memorial University of…

Editor’s note: This piece discusses suicide and the mental health crises among U.S. farmers and ranchers. Monte Bush was only 15 when his grandfather died by suicide on the family farm outside Riverton, Wyoming. One…

On International Overdose Awareness Day, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is announcing the awarding of $79.1 million in overdose…

INDIANAPOLIS -- Free and confidential support for stress, depression or anxiety, as well as resources for food, clothing, housing and health care, will be available via telehealth well-being services in several rural Indiana counties…

Growing up in a poor family, Dr Sapan Patralekh realised the importance of education at a young age. Due to his father’s death, he had to stay in a friend’s house in a nearby village in Bihar for his studies. He had very little money at…

Perspective piece describing the daily work of a harm reduction provider in a rural Alabama community. Discusses the challenges of providing services with limited resources and in compliance with state law, and the testing, needle…

Funding Supports Community-based Doulas, Rural Obstetric Care, New State Task Forces to Tackle Maternal Health Disparities, and Investments in Infant Health Equity Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the…

Year: 1905 Location: Ladyland  They say this is a ‘feminist utopia’, where the purdah system has been reversed. Here, the men are confined indoors, and the women roam the world freely, having just stopped a war with nonviolent…

About five years ago, as her mother’s hearing diminished and dementia worsened, Linda Brocklesby decided…

Suzanne BeHanna initially turned down an experimental but potentially lifesaving cancer treatment.Three years ago, BeHanna, then 62, a newlywed, was sick with stage 4 lymphoma, sick from two failed rounds of chemotherapy and sick of…