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Dang Nguyen Thuc Vien, a 32-year-old daughter of refugees from south Vietnam, helps a local Vietnamese resident in Japan as an interpreter at a hospital, in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, on November 25, 2015.
Migration

Japan's Immigration Push Calls for Health System Reform

by Hansani Madushika Abeywickrama

As Japan seeks to attract foreign workers, the government should address its health system's language barriers, cultural misunderstandings, and structural challenges

Jane Parrish, 86, collects food from a pantry supported by Trinity's Table at the Roosevelt Community Center, in Charleston, West Virginia, on March 19, 2025.
Poverty

SNAP Benefits in 2026: What Older Adults Should Expect From Work Requirements

by Anika Nayak

An explainer outlines new work requirements for U.S. food benefits and the ways older adults can meet them

Aging

A New Era for Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis

by Lydia Wu, Jennifer Panlilio, Melissa Lee, Laura Nisenbaum, Aishu Sukumar
Teresa, 75, an Alzheimer's patient and former businesswoman, poses for a photograph inside the Alzheimer Foundation, in Mexico City, Mexico, on April 19, 2012.
Poverty

Around the World, Chronic Diseases Are Rising

by Rachel Nuwer
Six small line charts show global disease burden trends, measured in disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) per 100,000 people, from 2000 to 2023. The top row—diarrheal diseases, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis—shows steady declines. A vertical line in 2020 marks the COVID-19 pandemic. The bottom row—ischemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus, and depressive disorders—shows ischemic heart disease remaining high with slight fluctuation, while diabetes and depression rise modestly. Infectious diseases fall sharply as noncommunicable diseases rise.
Poverty

How the MAHA Commission Can Improve U.S. Life Expectancy

by Thoai D. Ngo
How the MAHA Commission Can Improve U.S. Life Expectancy
Aging

What It Means to Legalize Assisted Death

by Jenaye Johnson
What It Means to Legalize Assisted Death
Governance

Inside the Global Burden of Disease Study

by Nsikan Akpan
Inside the Global Burden of Disease Study
Aging

Unsung Heroes: How Elder Care Leans on Singapore's Women

by Chloe Searchinger
Unsung Heroes: How Elder Care Leans on Singapore's Women
Aging

A New Model for Healthy Aging

by John Beard, Michael Hodin
A New Model for Healthy Aging
Aging

The Curious Case of Japan's Alcohol Contest

by Annie Chan
The Curious Case of Japan's Alcohol Contest
Aging

The Rising Price of Dementia

by Paola Pedroza
The Rising Price of Dementia
Aging

Aging Gracefully in Taiwan

by Ted Alcorn
Aging Gracefully in Taiwan