Public Health

There is a growing momentum for public health to contribute to programs, policies, and innovative interventions to promote health and well-being for people as they age. While public health efforts…

A vaccine breakthrough is defined as a SARS-CoV-2 infection in someone who is fully vaccinated. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) case definition for vaccine breakthrough cases include: A…

As North America enters its peak summer growing season, gardeners are planting and weeding, and groundskeepers are mowing parks and playing fields. Many are using the popular weed killer Roundup,…

Hollis Irvin learned to read last year. She’s a good reader, her mother, Tiffany Burks, says. Last year, when the pandemic forced schools to close temporarily and during the early…

Giving Compass’ Take: • Jeffrey A. Singer argues that the U.S. needs to shift away from the war on drugs and step up to tackle drug-related deaths to improve the lives…

The emergency rooms in Barcelona were collapsing under the pressure. Hundreds of patients were arriving in desperate need as they struggled to breathe, while intensive care units struggled to cope…

Albert Einstein once famously said if he were given an hour to solve a problem, he’d spend 55 minutes understanding it, and then take just five minutes developing solutions. That…

Fifteen years ago, I heard the words no one wants to hear—I had breast cancer. Even so, I was lucky in that I had comprehensive health insurance, access to some…

More than 153 million people in the United States are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. While this is laudable progress, much work remains to be done to ensure every American gets equitable access to this…

Eight out of 10 people hospitalized with COVID-19 develop neurological problems, new research shows. In early 2020, after the United States had its first reported case of COVID-19, Sherry Chou…

The COVID-19 pandemic underscores more than any time in recent history how important it is to protect public health. Yet, as countries race to develop a coronavirus vaccine, another everyday…

The care economy includes child care, elder care, and care for people who are ill or disabled and in need of assistance. That care is provided by home-based businesses, care…