Submitted by Merck & Co., Inc. Antibodies. Variants. Transmissibility. Who would have ever thought we’d use words like these in everyday life? The ongoing pandemic has highlighted how important it is ...

Did you know that understanding health information better can help us lead healthier lives? As a Population Health Specialist at Independence Blue Cross (IBX), I see every day how much knowing more ...

Heath + Literacy = Health Literacy. Health literacy refers broadly to the ability of a person to access, understand and use ...

As October moves on and we move deeper into the fall, let’s take stock of our understanding of health literacy. October has been designated as health literacy awareness month — a time to promote ...

Health literacy is a concept that addresses an individual’s ability to “find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.” ...

October is Health Literacy Month. Alexandra Watson, M.D. ’17, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine fourth-year family medicine resident, wants to bring attention to the importance of making ...

Mr C, a 72-year-old patient with type 2 diabetes, is brought to the emergency department comatose with a blood sugar of 29 mg/dL. When seen in his primary care provider’s office the previous day, his ...

Employers invest millions each year in health benefits, but how many employees truly understand the full range of what’s ...

The study was performed by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham who looked at data from 270 patients undergoing colon and rectal operations. They found the odds of having an ...

The University of the Philippines Manila (UPM) and the Department of Education Schools Division Office of Manila (DepEd SDO ...

This past year, Mount Pleasant became a hotspot for COVID-19. Why was this small rural community in East Texas susceptible to an outbreak? The residents are predominantly employed by local agriculture ...