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Inequities

First, Seek To Understand: Lessons In Poverty Teach Medical Students To Be Better Doctors

Every year, for the past 15 years, a group of first-year medical students in St. Louis, Missouri have climbed on board three yellow school buses and…
Inequities

New Project Aims To Help Cities Finally Get Health Data They Can Use

A new initiative is working to create a data dashboard that almost any city could use to get a handle on the health of its citizens. City-level health…
Community Health

Study: A Few Miles Can Have A Drastic Effect On Life Expectancy

Jake Harper

Where the Monon Trail hits 126th Street in Carmel, Ind., it’s crowded with bikers and joggers. There’s a shopping center with a yoga studio and some…
Inequities

Ranked At The Bottom For Fitness, Indianapolis Takes Steps Toward Walkability

Looking across four lanes of traffic on Washington Street in Indianapolis, community planner Brent Aldrich steels himself for a difficult crossing. “When…

Sick Season 2

Incarcerated people are some of the sickest people in our country. Many have chronic conditions such as diabetes or lung disease. And they’re far more likely to suffer from mental illness and addiction. On Season 2 of Sick, listen to stories of what goes wrong in corrections facilities — places meant to keep people healthy, but built to punish them.

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