Though the U.S. population is aging and the need for elder care is growing, nursing home capacity has dropped from pre-COVID rates.

A study published on Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine showed that the decline varied widely by geographic area. One quarter of U.S. counties experienced reductions of 15 percent or more from 2019 to 2024, with the greatest loses (of 25 percent or more) reported in rural areas.

A father’s warmth and developmentally sensitive engagement with their 10-month-old child predicted whether the child would show elevated health risks at age seven. Prior research in this area focused on the impact of mothers. 

Recreational physical activity may be associated with breast tissue composition and biomarkers of stress in adolescent girls, according to a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC). The findings shed new light on how physical activity during adolescence—a critical period of breast development—may influence biological pathways related to future breast cancer risk.