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A growing number of governments, scientists and organizations are raising concerns about the potential harm that deep-sea mining would cause to ocean health and are urging caution before opening one ...

Effectively administering health care programs is a critical element of sound fiscal management for state and local governments. As health care and corrections have emerged in recent years as fiscal ...

Communities around the world are increasingly suffering the consequences of accelerating changes in the global climate, such as more frequent and severe storms, extreme heat, rapid swings in ...

In 2021, Congress enacted the Digital Equity Act (DEA) as part of the massive Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The DEA defines digital equity as “the condition in which individuals and ...

Persistent challenges prevent people from accessing behavioral health care in the United States today, despite an overwhelming need for these services. But significant opportunities for improvement ...

The growing impacts of climate change—from near-term events such as hurricanes, floods, and wildfires, to longer-term risks, including higher temperatures, droughts, and sea-level rise—have wreaked ...

About half of people who die by suicide in the United States each year had a health care visit in the month preceding their deaths, which means there are opportunities for hospitals and health systems ...

From 2000 to 2020, the overall rate of suicide increased 30% and climbed to more than 49,000 deaths in 2022—the highest number ever recorded in the United States. Suicidal ideation (a range of ...

Commercial tuna fisheries are among the most valuable fisheries on Earth, and with sales valued at more than US$40 billion a year, they play a vital role in coastal economies. 1 Transshipment – the ...

Stat: 2 million: The number of times people with mental health conditions in the United States are jailed annually. Story: In the United States, law enforcement officers and emergency room physicians ...

Immigrants play an outsize role in Philadelphia’s economy. They fill jobs, create businesses, own homes, and fuel entire industries at rates beyond their growing share of the city’s population (15.7% ...