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People taking adult education classes run lower risk of dementia

Frontiers

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Researchers analyzed health information on middle-aged and senior participants in the UK Biobank. Participants self-reported if they took any adult education classes, without specifying the frequency, subject, or academic level. Selling the articles is not allowed.

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Op-ed: Why funding for the environmental justice movement must be anti-racist

Environmental Health News

She was part of a group of undergraduate researchers at Sonoma State University that Dr. Daniel Soto and I had taken under our wing. All of our radical reimagining of how academic institutions can serve communities was unfolding before our eyes. This disparity is now permeating environmental justice research and advocacy.

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‘We need more research which examines racism and racialization on health and wellbeing of black women’

Frontiers

To mark the launch of the new research topic entitled ‘Dismantling racial inequalities in higher education’, Dr Jenny Douglas of The Open University reveals how events in her childhood opened her eyes to racial inequality and the need for more research into black women’s health and wellbeing. Image: Jenny Douglas.

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October 3, 2024

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

million cooperative agreement from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau (HRSA MCHB) to build the capacity of public health leaders at the state and local level to effectively use policy approaches related to housing and food security for MCH populations. AMCHP is Awarded $1.2M

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October 17, 2024

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

million cooperative agreement from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau (HRSA MCHB) to build the capacity of public health leaders at the state and local level to effectively use policy approaches related to housing and food security for MCH populations. AMCHP is Awarded $1.2M

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The beginning and end of Monday Morning

Monday Morning

Messonnier is eminently qualified by virtue of her training, including the Epidemiologic Intelligence Service, her more than 20 years’ experience of leadership in infectious diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and her recent leadership of pandemic preparedness and health systems at the Skoll Foundation.

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Looming cuts to NIH funding have Atlanta startup founders on edge

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free Atlanta newsletter here. Disruptions to funding streams from the National Institutes of Health arent just rattling university researchers. These are small businesses that use a tiny portion of the NIHs budget to bridge the gap between research and consumers.