Pneumonia

In the United States, 1.5 million people were diagnosed with pneumonia in an emergency department during 2018. Since the start of 2020, there have been around 350,000 deaths involving COVID-19 and pneumonia in the United States. Pneumonia is an infection of one or...

Domestic Violence

Every 9 seconds, a woman in the U.S. is beaten or assaulted by a current or ex-significant other. About 1 in 4 women and 1 in 10 men have experienced sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime and over 43 million women...

Suicide Prevention

There is an average of 123 suicides each day in this country, with approximately 44,000 people in the U.S. alone committing suicide each year, making it one of the fastest-growing epidemics in the country.   Suicides are the tenth leading cause of death in...

Blood Pressure

Hypertension Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of your arteries. Arteries carry blood from your heart to other parts of your body. Blood pressure is measured using two numbers: Systolic blood pressure, which measures the pressure in your...