This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Choice” in mainstream, predominately white-led reproductive rights discourse typically refers to the individual right to make one specific choice: whether (or not) to have an abortion. A reproductive justice lens looks at…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Talking about end-of-life planning, choice, and care can be a touchy subject. No one wants to talk about our mortality. We don’t want to imagine the way we might die.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At The Duke Endowment, we seek to improve the health status of the communities we serve and promote health equity for disadvantaged populations. This objective, which I believe is broadly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In this country, vast racial inequalities are nothing new. They are the result of centuries of structural racism—unequal treatment by American institutions—and dominant white power structures—toward people of color. COVID-19…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Vulnerability to COVID-19 is much greater for Black Americans. This is because of a wide range of factors, including geography, occupation, housing conditions, and access to health care. Differences in rates…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite the success and optimism of the new COVID-19 vaccination campaigns being rolled out worldwide, the emergence of new viral strains threatens to undermine their effectiveness. Indeed, South Africa has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The US Food and Drug Administration has issued emergency use authorization for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, making it the third available in the fight against COVID-19. Manufactured by Janssen,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Three new, fast-spreading variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 can evade antibodies that work against the original form that sparked the pandemic, new research shows. With few exceptions, whether…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The City of Pittsburgh is implementing an “Equitable Street Tree Investment Strategy” to better distribute and maintain tree canopies in low-income and low-canopy neighborhoods as it pursues a goal to plant 100,000…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 has hijacked people’s lives, families and work. And, it has hijacked their bodies and minds in ways that they may not even be aware of. As we see it,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As schools across the country begin reopening after months of closure, some districts are learning that hazardous material accumulated in their plumbing systems, and experts say stagnant water poses health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Murray J. Côté, Texas A&M University; Tiffany A. Radcliff, Texas A&M University, and Walter Thomas Casey II, Texas A&M University-Texarkana The governors of Texas and Mississippi announced that they were…