This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Lauren Hughes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Sameer Vohra, Southern Illinois University Rural hospitals have struggled with financial troubles for years. Over the past decade, more than 130…
In early 2021, St. David’s Foundation awarded $1.8 million to 12 projects supporting programs aimed at reducing maternal mortality, improving mental health, facilitating health insurance coverage, advancing access to family…
The Conversation is running a series of dispatches from clinicians and researchers operating on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. You can find all of the stories here. I…
At least 2 million older adults are homebound a number that increases when including younger people who are homebound due to illness or disability. This brief from the Trust for…
“Crisis and Change: Conversations With Leaders” is produced in partnership by The Pew Charitable Trusts and Stanford Social Innovation Review. In the series, leaders from across the social sector share insights…
When Charlie, a 10-year-old boy, came in for his first visit, he didn’t look at me or my colleague. Angry and crying, he insisted to us that he was cisgender…
One in three new mothers during early COVID-19 screened positive for postpartum depression, a new study shows. That’s nearly triple pre-pandemic levels. The researchers also found 1 in 5 had…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I have always believed in the power of storytelling. From adolescence, I was writing short stories, forcing my brothers and my cousins to act out skits I devised, gabbing away in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Children exposed to air pollution, such as wildfire smoke and car exhaust, for as little as one day may be doomed to higher rates of heart disease and other ailments…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over 3,000 incarcerated and detained people in the United States have died of COVID-19 in the past two years, with over 588,000 cumulative cases behind bars. With little sign of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Health philanthropy’s attention has shifted over the past two decades from a reliance on health care access work to a deeper look at the factors affecting individual health status (social…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As public libraries across the nation begin handing out Covid-19 testing kits and N95 masks, librarians have become the latest frontline workers. Melanie Huggins, president of the Public Library Association,…