Ten Baltimore hospitals are partnering with the city on a two-year pilot project to end homelessness and reduce healthcare costs, The Baltimore Sun reports.

Patients who live in disadvantaged neighborhoods or who seek care at a hospital that serves a lot of patients from disadvantaged neighborhoods are more likely to be readmitted to a hospital within 30 days, according to research published by Annals of Internal Medicine.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset in Somerville, N.J., has opened the first home in its transitional housing program for chronically ill patients and their families , according a local news website reports.

The gaps in the U.S. between the rich and poor, and the healthy and sick have grown over the past 25 years, according to new research published by JAMA Network Open.

Cleveland-based MetroHealth has launched an institute to give people in its community access to social services and fresh food and an initiative to offer them affordable housing.

San Francisco city officials unanimously voted this week to ban electronic cigarette sales, becoming the first U.S. city to take this step, according to CNN.

Frederick (Md.) Regional Health System partnered with its local county health department and the Frederick Center on a health equity task force that aims to improve medical treatment for the LGBTQ community, the Frederick News-Post reports.

More than 5 million cancer survivors are living with chronic pain in the U.S., according to a study published in JAMA Oncology.

Laramie-based University of Wyoming's healthcare volunteer program Healthy U is helping rural Americans who have chronic diseases learn self-management skills and gain access to health support groups located closer to their homes, NPR reports.

New York City-based Northwell Health has partnered with a software platform that aims to assist patients and providers overcome social determinants of health.

Suicide rates reached a peak in 2017, the highest in seven years, according to NBC News coverage of a study from Boston-based Harvard Medical School.

Analytics is playing an increasingly important role in accurate risk stratification, for example, helping to predict which individuals might develop common and expensive conditions such as diabetes or heart failure.

Veterans have expanded access to medical care outside of VA hospitals through a new program launched June 6 under the Mission Act.

Social determinants of health can impact a person's overall health just as much as genetics, which is why physicians should ask questions relating to more than just biology when screening patients, according to the American Medical Association.  

Gaps in patients' and providers' perceptions of social determinants of health could affect policymakers' designs for social programs, according to a report from the Anthem Public Policy Institute.

Renton, Wash.-based Providence St. Joseph Health funneled $1.6 billion into programs focused on the health needs of homeless and mental health patients during 2018.

Amazon donated $8 million total in Seattle and Arlington, Va., to help increase affordable housing units for homeless people in its two headquarter cities. The tech giant will also match employee donations to 20 select charities for housing and homelessness through Sept. 30.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order June 10 to create a "Master Plan for Aging," to prepare for 2030, when more than 4 million Californians will join the state's population of adults over age 65.  

Global population health initiatives centered on blood pressure, sodium intake and trans-fat could help prevent 94.2 million premature deaths, according to research by Boston-based Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Although it is commonly believed that 10,000 steps per day are necessary for a long and healthy life, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that 4,400 steps may be enough to reduce death rates among older women.