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Health providers must provide adequate information regarding the risks and benefits for informed consent to take place through shared decision-making.

Suicide Prevention Is a Public Health Imperative, Not a Patchwork Effort

Medika Life - April 21, 2026

At a time when health systems are strained and human connection can feel fragmented, two of the nation’s most respected mental health organizations have...

Record Numbers of Californians Die From COVID-19, Surgeon General Promotes Yoga and Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences

James Coyne - December 23, 2020

When evidence faces off against the power of celebrity status and charisma, the evidence is left lying face down in the street. That becomes particularly important to take into account during a pandemic in which people are dying from misinformation.

Global childhood vaccination remains resilient, but equity cracks are widening

Christopher Nial - September 14, 2025

In 2024, immunisation data from WHO and UNICEF show that while 115 million infants (89%) received at least one dose of DTP vaccine and 109 million...

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