Large number of individuals, such as recovery and rescue workers, nearby residents and office workers, who experienced intense or prolonged exposure to the World Trade Center attack have reported new diagnoses of asthma or posttraumatic stress 56 years after the attack, according to a study in the August 5 issue of JAMA, a theme issue [...]

A new multisite study by UCLA and RAND Corp. researchers and colleagues has found that 7 percent of fifthgraders and their families have experienced homelessness at some point in their lives and that the occurrence is even higher 11 percent for African American children and those from the poorest households.
The study [...]