Public Health

One morning in late April, a small brick rural health clinic along the Thurgood Marshall Highway bustled with patients. There was Joshua McCray, 69, a public bus driver who, four…

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) defines health disparities as preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health. Resulting from multiple factors, including…

When people contribute to the safety, well-being, and resilience of their communities, they are participating in something bigger than themselves; they are working toward a society that reflects their goals…

In June, the Supreme Court made the decision to overturn the legal precedent known as Chevron deference. The Chevron deference reversal marks a significant shift in administrative law with broad…

When New York’s Nassau County signed the first county-level mask ban into law in August, its deputy police commissioner, Kevin Smith, told local news that training was “being conducted [in] the department,…

Luke Thornhill is scheduled to be released from an Oregon prison in four years. He’s terrified he might die before then due to medical delays in prison. He has family waiting for…

Receiving opioid treatment, particularly opioid agonist treatment (OAT), in prison and after release into the community substantially cuts the risk of death among people who use drugs, a new study…

Angela Girol has been teaching fourth grade in Pittsburgh for over two decades. Over the years she’s noticed a change at her school: It’s getting hotter. Some days temperatures reach…

Fueled by the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling that bans affirmative action in higher education, conservative lawmakers across the country have advanced their own state bans on diversity initiatives, especially…

About half of Black Americans say the health care system holds Black people back and that nonconsensual medical research happens today.

The 2022 Dobbs decision that overturned 50 years of abortion rights is affecting where young people choose to go to college, to work and to live, as well as the way they vote.

“While we’ve seen some modest improvement in American diets in the last two decades, those improvements are not reaching everyone…”…