Health and Wellness

Albert Bourla, Anthony Fauci, Margaret Hamburg among 175+ speakers Washington, DC – Dec. 6, 2020 – The Milken Institute Future of Health Summit kicks off tomorrow, drawing more than 1,000 leaders from government, science, education...

What the USC gerontology school dean sees ahead for older adults This article is the eighth in a weekly joint series on “The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future of Aging” from the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging and Next Avenue...

Washington, D.C. – Dec. 2, 2020 – FasterCures, a center of the Milken Institute devoted to accelerating biomedical innovation, today launched an initiative to build a global “early warning system” that detects and responds to emerging...

The economic and social cost of obesity in America is at an all-time high and continues to rise. We estimate its cost to be roughly 6.76 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 compared to 5.57 percent in 2014. The latest statistics...

How to prevent diseases, enhance connections, and better serve their minority populations This article is the seventh in a weekly joint series on “The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future of Aging” from the Milken Institute Center for the...

Like most Americans, I’m ready to put 2020 in the rearview mirror and focus on the new year—and, hopefully, a post-COVID world. At Tivity Health, we remain focused on consumer health and social engagement—especially among older Americans...

We are in a period of profound unrest that is testing the strength of our global community. Our world has been turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic. It has challenged our health-care systems, disrupted our global economy, and exposed...

According to the Thriving Quotient developed by Dr. Laurie Schreiner at Azusa Pacific University, “thriving” students are fully engaged emotionally, socially, and academically in their college experience. Thriving is a two-way street; that...

Even before COVID-19 became a full-blown pandemic, college students were experiencing alarming rates of suicidality, anxiety, and depression. The reasons were historically complex, varying from loneliness and academic and social pressure...