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As COVID-19 cases surged last December, 100 seriously ill patients streamed into the ER of Martin Luther King Jr Community Hospital (MLKCH) in south Los Angeles every day. Staff at the 131-bed safety net hospital erected five tents outside the ER — and converted the gift shop and lobby into an overflow area — to […]
Female workforce participation has risen for the past two decades in Australia, and in turn, more young kids have been attending formal childcare. So it’s very surprising the latest Household, Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey shows a steep fall in the use of formal childcare among single-parent households, which by and large […]
All of those who menstruate, wherever they live, experience challenges when managing their period. These might include a lack of products, toilets or disposal facilities, enduring pain, being bullied or being restricted from activities and locations. In high income countries these challenges are often referred to as “period poverty” and in low-middle income countries as […]
A new Northwestern University study challenges prevailing understandings of genes as immutable features of biology that are fixed at conception. Previous research has shown that socioeconomic status (SES) is a powerful determinant of human health and disease, and social inequality is a ubiquitous stressor for human populations globally. Lower educational attainment and/or income predict increased […]
Sanitary products should be handed out for free in hospitals and low-income homes to end period poverty, urge health officials BMA health officials have called for sanitary products to be given out for free It’s hoped handing them out in hospitals will help put an end to ‘period poverty’ A BMA spokesperson called current provisions for […]