Rising Rates of Type 2 Diabetes Among American Youth: A National Crisis
Once considered a condition that only affects adults, we now know that type 2 diabetes can develop at any age. Previously known as "adult-onset diabetes," the disease is increasingly being diagnosed...
National Rural Health Day: A Reflection on The Power of Rural
Community. Connection. Support. Intention. These are the values I remember from growing up in a rural area —and the same values I see in the work every day at JBS. Neighbors who show up without being...
Standing Together: Honoring Service and Strengthening Systems
This Veterans Day, we honor the men and women who have served our nation—and those who continue to serve in new ways, as colleagues, partners, and community leaders. Veterans bring courage, discipline...
Boldly Growing Together – In Recovery Month and Beyond
This Recovery Month, we see the wisdom of an old Klingon proverb: Only a fool fights in a burning house. For too long, the field debated whose pathway was ‘right’ while stigma and loss raged around us...
Family Caregiving: Mental & Physical Health Effects
November is National Family Caregivers Month. We acknowledge that we should celebrate family caregivers every day but, according to the Administration on Community Living, this observance allows us to...
Exploring the Intersection of Rural Health and Diabetes
This November marks two important health observances: National Diabetes Month, to recognize Americans living with diabetes and the individual, community, and national efforts to prevent and manage it...
JBS Honors National Substance Use Prevention Month
Join JBS in honoring National Substance Use Prevention Month, celebrated by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an opportunity to spotlight the multitude of...
Embracing Healthy Aging Through Social Connections
Observing International Overdose Awareness Day
Each year, International Overdose Awareness Day is observed on August 31. This day raises awareness of those who have lost their lives to overdose, the people who grieve them, and ways overdose deaths...