Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A high social vulnerability index score may indicate a risk for greater severity of C. difficile infection.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Youth who lived in vulnerable communities were 1.65 times more likely to have asthma. Low annual household ...

New research reveals that certain social determinants of health—such as socioeconomic status, household characteristics, and racial/ethnic minority status—have significant effects on rural–urban ...

In glaucoma, social vulnerability scores are linked with higher rates of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) loss and rises in intraocular pressure (IOP), according to research published in Ophthalmology ...

The Social Vulnerability Index includes 14 social determinants of health grouped into 4 related themes: socioeconomic status, household composition and disability, minority status and language, and ...

BOSTON—People of color and those who experience social vulnerability are more likely to experience worse glycemic control than their white counterparts, according to research presented Sunday at ENDO ...

The researchers found that among 3143 US counties, 46% had at least 1 pharmacy desert, of which 56.5% were categorized as having low and 43.5% as having high pharmacy desert density. (HealthDay News) ...

Half of cancer survivors experience cancer-related financial hardship, according to a research letter published online Aug. 20 in JAMA Network Open. Nearly half of counties in the United States have ...