The High Price of Low Financial Health Literacy
Do your eyes glaze over when you get a notice from your health insurance company? Do you panic when you
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How the Tampon Shortage Is Exacerbating Period Poverty in the US
By Marni Sommer, Columbia University Tampons have become the latest household product to fall foul of supply chain issues. Reports
Read moreEven After Lockdowns Eased, Pandemic Depression Persisted Across Social Classes – New Study
By Catherine Ettman, Boston University and Sandro Galea, Boston University The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic
Read moreCompanies Are Pushing Sweetened Drinks to Children Through Advertising and Misleading Labels – and Families Are Buying
Prices for all children’s drinks increased over the study period, but sweetened ‘fruit drinks’ like SunnyD saw by far the
Read more‘Down to My Last Diaper’: The Anxiety of Parenting in Poverty
By Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News For parents living in poverty, “diaper math” is a familiar and distressingly pressing daily
Read moreYour Wealth or Your Health?
Lisa Keller thought she was done with cancer. She’d already survived a rare sarcoma at age 12 and breast cancer
Read moreFinancial Stress Is Making Women Ill, but There Are Ways to Improve Your Wealth and Your Health
Four years ago, Jennifer Presley found herself facing a financial nightmare. The single mother of two was refurbishing a home
Read moreTrans Moms Discuss Their Unique Parenting Challenges During the Pandemic – and What They Worry About When Things Go Back to ‘Normal’
By Derek P. Siegel, University of Massachusetts Amherst Between 25% and 50% of transgender adults in the U.S. have children.
Read more1 in 3 College Students Face Food Insecurity – Expanding Snap Benefits on Campus Will Help Stave Off Hunger
By Anastasia Snelling, American University and Rebecca Hagedorn, Meredith College It’s harder to learn when you are suffering from hunger
Read moreWhat the American Rescue Plan Says About President Biden’s Health Care Priorities – and What They Mean for You
By Zack Buck, University of Tennessee As millions of Americans receive COVID-19 vaccines, the Affordable Care Act just got a
Read moreWhy a Stimulus Package Matters to Women
If you’re a woman, you probably know what it feels like to juggle work, childcare, housework and your own well-being.
Read moreChoosing Health Insurance is So Complicated, 23% of Workers With Only Two Choices Picked the Worse One
By Trevor Collier, University of Dayton and Marlon L. Williams, University of Dayton The Research Brief is a short take
Read moreShopping Online to Stay Safe During the Pandemic? Here Are 10 Tips For Avoiding Scams
By H. Colleen Sinclair, Mississippi State University The holiday season is already a booming time for online shopping. The COVID-19
Read moreWomen Risk Losing Decades of Workplace Progress Due to Covid-19 – Here’s How Companies Can Prevent That
By Stephanie M.H. Moore, Indiana University American women have made strides in the workplace over the past half-century in terms
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