For many Americans, the first concern when it comes to health care access is a financial one. It isn’t news that we have one of the most expensive health care systems in the developed world. But for ...

Over 90% of U.S. prescriptions are filled by local pharmacies, which also serve as vital public health providers. Nearly 18% of Americans live in “pharmacy deserts,” with entire communities depending ...

According to Summit County Public Health, about 30,000 residents live in food deserts, areas with high poverty that also lack access to large grocery stores. According to Summit County Public Health, ...

A Tulane University study following more than 1,500 individuals with atrial fibrillation found those in food deserts faced higher rates of stroke, hospitalization, and death. Stacey Leasca is an award ...

The candy and beverage displays at a Wawa gas station Living in a food desert increases health risks for people with atrial fibrillation A-Fib patients have a more than doubled risk of stroke if they ...

A growing number of Massachusetts residents live in what are known as pharmacy deserts, a community without convenient access ...

Pharmacy shortages, which make medications, vaccinations, and other health care services harder to get, can be detrimental to ...

US and Kenyan researchers have collaborated on a study that has revealed more about genetic adaptations in people that have occurred because of environmental pressures. This effort focused on people ...

Center for Hunger-Free Communities staff were quoted in an Aug. 8 RTVE piece about U.S. food deserts, a term that seeks to define the lack of fresh, nutritious, and affordable produce that extends ...

The Turkana people, an ethnic group in Kenya, have evolved genetic adaptations to help their bodies conserve water in extreme desert heat, a new study suggests. Turkana women commonly walk 3 to 6 ...

I have a confession to make: I had the wrong idea about pharmacy deserts the first time I heard the term. Let’s first look at the definition: an area where residents lack convenient access to a ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The air you breathe might be dirtier than you think, and millions of Americans would never know it. A new study from Penn State reveals that nearly 60% of U.S. counties lack ...