US Department of Human Services

By Emily Miller According to a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the nation’s health is improving in more than half of the critical measures that are known to have major influence in reducing preventable disease and death. Healthy People 2020 provides a comprehensive set of 10-year, national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention. Twenty-six specific measures—in categories such as access to care, maternal and child health,…