OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma may settle legal claims with a new 'public trust' that would still be dedicated to profit
The government has tried to harness profit-driven drugmaking to serve public health before. The results were underwhelming.
Oct. 21, 2020 • ~10 min
Tags: history opioids philanthropy-and-nonprofits opioid-crisis oxycodone business-ethics oxycontin corporate-culture sackler-family purdue-pharma opioid-litigation
Colleges and the Thanksgiving COVID-19 risk: Fauci’s right – holiday plans may have to change
Universities have seen widespread COVID-19 outbreaks this fall. Now students are preparing to travel for the holiday, and public health officials are worried.
Oct. 16, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: health covid-19 coronavirus pandemic travel social-distancing universities family college
Telehealth can give parents of kids with autism key early tips
When in-person training is impossible, like during the pandemic, parents of kids with autism can get information via telehealth, researchers say.
Oct. 8, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: autism parents telemedicine families health-and-medicine
Even though times are tough, working parents are happier
"When dads play a bigger role in childcare and doing routine housework, it puts both parents in a better position to succeed at work."
Sept. 29, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: parents gender jobs emotions families featured society-and-culture
Family experience shapes diabetes management
Watching a family member or neighbor go through type 2 diabetes shapes the way people with diabetes manage their condition, a new study finds.
Sept. 23, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: diabetes families social-lives health-and-medicine blood-sugar
Positive messages about Blackness buoy Black girls
New findings link positive messages—and positive feelings about being Black—with a decreased likelihood of depression symptoms in Black teen girls.
Sept. 23, 2020 • ~4 min
Tags: teenagers depression gender families stereotypes society-and-culture self-image race-and-ethnicity
Government programs ‘don’t have to be demeaning’
Hear how after school programs in Chicago empowered parents, and how those design principles could improve other government programs.
Sept. 21, 2020 • ~3 min
Tags: poverty politics parents united-states families featured society-and-culture public-assistance
Perfectionism may drive some ‘helicopter’ parents
New research links perfectionism and over-parenting. The effects of this "helicopter" parenting include psychological distress, narcissism, and alcohol and drug use.
Sept. 17, 2020 • ~10 min
Tags: parents young-adults families relationships society-and-culture
Child psychology has wisdom for pandemic parenting
An expert in child psychology has advice for how parents can fight stress and meet both their own needs and those of their kids.
Sept. 15, 2020 • ~12 min
Tags: parents stress childrens-health families featured health-and-medicine
How to help kids deal with ‘big feelings’ during COVID-19
During the pandemic, children are struggling with difficult issues and parents are struggling over how to help them. Listening may be the best thing to do.
Sept. 2, 2020 • ~11 min
Tags: covid-19 parents anxiety childrens-health families health-and-medicine
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