This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most doctors use language that is too complex for their patients to understand, but some have the unique ability to tailor their language to meet their patients’ communication needs and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the movie “Joker,” Joaquin Phoenix’s character frequently bursts into unnerving laughter at socially inappropriate moments. His actions were partially based on a real neurological condition called Pseudobulbar affect. I…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. hat do a Hmong service member, an Indian student and a Korean Midwesterner all have in common? From a public health perspective, they are all the same: Asian American. Health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The past two years have been a stress test for America’s social and governmental systems, as well as the protections many take for granted. So far the results haven’t been good:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When I laid off five of my seven team members in February, I had no idea a global pandemic was about to hit. There is no pleasure in laying off…
“Among women who weren’t using contraception when they got pregnant, the primary reason was because they didn’t think they could get pregnant,” explains Sarah Cowan, an assistant professor of sociology at New…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At The Colorado Health Foundation, we are relentlessly committed to advancing health equity and believe it exists when there are no avoidable, unfair or systemically-caused differences in health status. To…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Isimar Lopez tells her fellow Bronx residents she can get them a free, door-to-door ride with Uber to get a COVID-19 vaccine, they don’t always jump at the chance.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since January 2020, the United States has had led the world in the number of deaths attributed to the coronavirus, and morbidity and mortality rates continue to rise. Data have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Flint, Mich., a worried mother begins working with lab scientists and fellow community members to test the city’s water supply—and helps expose a lead crisis that may have sickened…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Before the pandemic, New Jersey resident and senior citizen, Susan Schwitzer did not know what Zoom was. Today, she is “Zooming” some days from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., participating…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With climate change on our radar more than ever, retail is under scrutiny for its contributions to carbon emissions, water pollution and waste in its drive to inspire relentless consumption. And while many heavy-polluting industries,…