In 1993, the Medical College of Pennsylvania became the first medical school in the country to completely integrate women's health issues into its curriculum. In contrast to schools which present ...

A $213 million push is reshaping health education in Kentucky by bringing nutrition education to medical students.

National Area Health Education Center Week is March 23-27, with the theme “Strengthening the Nation’s Healthcare Workforce.” AHEC, established in 1971 by Congress, aims to recruit, train and retain a ...

Public health has faced significant challenges in recent years. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaps in the capacity to respond to public health emergencies, ...

Why is it that we see so much illness in our country, both physical and mental? Most people know some of what it takes to stay healthy, but don’t go about doing it. Why is this? There are two reasons: ...

The COVID-19 pandemic raised awareness of the law’s power to impact population health, positively and negatively. COVID-19 revealed how longstanding social inequities—structured by law—can quickly ...