This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Civic engagement—voting, volunteering, social organizing and such activities—is essential for the health of democracy. And with primary elections beginning this month, people have the chance to improve the health of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After a year of climate change being a top media story and public policy concern in many countries, attention is and will be rightfully focused on COVID-19 for some time.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Federal nutrition education programs have improved healthy habits among Americans in the U.S. Southeast, according to researchers at the Public Health Institute. Their recent study aggregated feedback from families and adults who…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is the practice of cutting and partially or entirely removing the external female genitalia, and also includes any other harm or injury caused to the female…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the United States, we know that long-standing systemic health and social inequities increase the likelihood of poor outcomes or death for members of racial and ethnic minority groups. For example, Black…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Editor’s note: On Tuesday, Feb. 24, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released the results of its trial of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine. The FDA found the vaccine…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Eleven months have passed since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). As we rang in the new year, the world surpassed two million deaths due to COVID-19. While…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Adequate healthcare is notoriously inaccessible in the United States, and especially so for communities of color. Coupled with western history’s immeasurable examples of medical racism, lack of meaningful access to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN) are dying of COVID-19 at much higher rates and at younger ages than other groups. In some states, the COVID-19 death rate for AIAN…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What has the pandemic shown us about ageism in health care, what needs to change and what can philanthropy do to push progress? Ageism is one of many long-standing problems in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After a decade studying a flu virus that killed approximately 15,000 Michigan residents, Chandra, a professor in the James Madison College at Michigan State University, saw his research come to…
COVID-19 has had a disproportionate effect on low-income, communities of color, but conversations about racial disparities mask the real public health emergency – racism. Poor access to healthcare and bias…