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Reproductive Health at Risk: Climate Change and Agrotoxins in Latin America

Bill of Health

In Uruguay , 97% of food consumed between November 2015 and August 2016 contained pesticide residues, and in Mexico , 140 agrotoxins banned in other countries are used, 111 of which are classified as highly dangerous. Cumulatively, the Americas accounted for 51% of global pesticide use in 2020, a concerning increase from 44% in 2000.

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Health Disparities in America: JAMA Talks Structural Racism in U.S. Health Care

Health Populi

First, consider the big health economics picture painted in the paper US Health Care Spending by Race and Ethnicity. The table arrays data the researchers analyzed from 2002 to 2016, identifying patterns of six types of medical services used by race and age group.

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The Importance of Broadband and Net Neutrality for Health, to the Last Person and the Last Mile

Health Populi

The issue of net neutrality and Everyday Peoples’ access to connectivity and broadband lies at the heart of this intersection. This is so important for health given that most of us in the field agree that our “ZIP code is more important than our genetic code.”. Without them, the U.S.

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The Social Determinants of Food for Health, Farms, and the Economy

Health Populi

In 2016, 21.4 on several dimensions: diet and health outcomes, farming as an industry and economic engine, and social determinants, along with seven other categories. In so doing, regions would enhance public health, stronger local economies, and more resilient ecosystems. employment.

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Stress in America, Like COVID-19, Impacts All Americans

Health Populi

Two-thirds of working adults employed during the pandemic say their jobs have been negatively impacted by the public health crisis. Presidential Election is a Significant Sources of Stress, Even More than in the 2016 Race – October 2020. Stressed in America – COVID-19 Takes Toll on Finances, Education.

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Thinking Pharma on a Friday: Europe’s Big Reforms for a Health Union & the U.S. 50-State Fragments

Health Populi

The COVID-19 pandemic re-shaped European Union leaders to reimagine healthcare, public health, and health citizenship in the EU. Nonetheless, VP Schinas enthused, “Never before in the history of the EU are we able to do so much in the area of public health,” he explained.