1. Top 10 most, least fit cities in the United States
The American College of Sports Medicine and the Anthem Foundation published its ninth annual American Fitness Index, which evaluates 50 of the largest metropolitan areas on personal, community and environmental indicators of health.
2. CDC report: 34% of American adults did not see, talk to a physician last year
A CDC report revealed 34 percent of Americans ages 18 to 64 didn’t visit — or even speak with — a primary care physician in 2014.
3. Why Harvard and a Hong Kong oyster sauce company want healthcare to focus on happiness
Known for their international Chinese-style sauce and condiment business, the Lee Kum Kee family donated $21 million to Boston-based Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to establish a center for happiness research.
4. Chicago PD tests algorithm to predict who will be shot next
The Chicago Police Department is using predictive analytics in an unusual and controversial way — to write the city’s own hit list, in the hopes it can be used to intervene before violence occurs.
5. How one NYC ambulance company is busting language barriers
In April, a private ambulance company in New York City started offering a new service catered to the city’s growing population of Chinese immigrants: ambulances with Chinese-speaking healthcare workers.
