This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Of the many things that COVID-19 has made abundantly clear to us, surely one of them is a newfound realization that public health has become increasingly complex. Understanding the challenges…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The fight to save our planet should be about ensuring a long and sustainable future — for everyone. However, as the coronavirus has spread across America, it has laid bare…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the first COVID-19 vaccines are being administered across the United States—developed, tested, and approved with historic speed—countless questions have arisen about what comes next. Is one vaccine better than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this year, Anisha Patel, a Stanford University pediatrics professor, started to notice a troubling trend: Child patients at the Atherton California clinic where she works have gained a distressing amount…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Aanika Biosciences, a Brooklyn-based biotechnology company that says it’s able to quickly identify the source of foodborne contaminations—or pathogens—by using genetically engineered bacterial spores that cling to food. Their spores…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic posed excessive hardship in cities like Flint that were already dealing with structural inequalities and extreme health and wealth disparities. In March, Flint saw tremendous racial disparities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Wednesday, under increasing criticism for the state’s slow vaccine rollout, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced that all Californians 65 and older will be eligible for the shot. But if…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic has helped make the inadequacy of many existing systems obvious. We now see: How easily regimes uninterested in transparency can stymie international systems for monitoring and sharing data…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic has laid bare many truths about our country’s racial health and wealth gaps, and gaping inequities in work and employment are at the top of the list. Low-wage…
RAND senior physician policy researcher Mahshid Abir describes several hurdles to achieving herd immunity to COVID-19, including the politicization of the vaccine, political commentary surrounding the production and dissemination processes, as well…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In New York, Texas, and a slice of the rest of the country where data is available, teachers and other staff where school buildings are open have higher COVID infection…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate disasters started early in 2020—and kept on coming. The catastrophic fires in Australia in early 2020 were a holdover from 2019, but they were soon followed by flooding in Indonesia, a super cyclone…