Researchers in the College of Health and Human Development contributed to the 2017 Women’s Health Research Day Conference by sharing research and moderating panel discussions.
Confusion and concern about maintaining relationships with other hospitals may lead some emergency departments to violate the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, which requires Medicare-participating emergency departments to give emergency care to everyone even if they don’t have insurance, according to researchers.
A new virtual internship program being offered by Penn State World Campus creates more opportunities for real-world work experience for students.
A $1.2 million National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases grant will fund a new, five-year Penn State project to investigate and reduce racial disparities in living donor kidney transplants.
Penn State student Nicole Denham helped provide medical support to hundreds of sheltered residents during Hurricane Irma as part of an interdisciplinary team that supplemented an existing emergency management response.
At University Park and around the world, Penn State students are actively involved in research that supports health and human development.
In an effort to draw attention to the wide range of issues that impact rural health, Gov. Tom Wolf has declared Nov. 13-17 as Rural Health in Pennsylvania Week at the request of the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health and the Pennsylvania Rural Health Association.
Paid-sick-leave laws may contribute to a decline in foodborne illness outbreaks, and laws with stronger employee protections may provide greater public health benefits, according to a study led by a Penn State researcher.
Drug overdoses from prescription opioids, heroin, and synthetic opioids have increased by 20 percent since 2015, killing some 64,000 Americans last year. In response, social science researchers at Penn State are leading initiatives to combat the increasing rates of illicit drug use.
Alumni Association President Steve Wagman and Vice President Randy Houston began their new roles earlier this summer. Learn how and why these two lifelong Penn State volunteers are inspired to give back in the Alumni Association's exclusive Q&A.
Lisa Kitko, associate professor of nursing, was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing during the academy’s annual conference Oct. 7 in Washington, D.C.
Penn State nursing faculty members and an alumnus, who is a rural health leader, are recipients of The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing’s sixth annual Innovation Award.
The Penn State Alumni Association will recognize 14 graduates on Oct. 4 with the lifelong title of Alumni Fellow, the highest award given by the Alumni Association.
Five Penn State students studying health policy and administration gained hands-on experience this summer through internships at Johns Hopkins.
The latest episode in the “Ask the Experts” series features Sheridan Miyamoto, who discusses the problem of sexual assault and health care’s response in underserved and rural communities.
