This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To help address the many impacts of the pandemic in Nepal, The McConnell Foundation made a grant to benefit four organizations working on different fronts. Since the beginning of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 long-haulers, even those with mild infections of the virus, experience significant decline in kidney function, according to a deep dive into federal health data. The findings add to concerns…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York resulted in the loss of 2,753 people in the Twin Towers and surrounding area. After the attack, more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Wildfires are no longer local affairs. Smoke from California has colored sunsets in New York, Australian bushfires have polluted Santiago, Chile, and people in Vancouver have inhaled the burnt remnants of Siberian forests.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The rise of coronavirus variants has highlighted the huge influence evolutionary biology has on daily life. But how mutations, random chance and natural selection produce variants is a complicated process,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With record-breaking temperatures blanketing the country and no federal heat standard in place, workers find they have no choice but to walk out. As a heat dome blanketed Portland, Oregon…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The switch to telehealth showed how virtual physical therapy services are possible, but also exposed some technical issues for people living in rural areas. As a pediatric physical therapist in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There’s a long history of U.S. courts being called upon to fix large-scale public health crises. Lawyers and judges, for instance, were key in settling claims related to asbestos, lead…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For decades, price, quality, and convenience have been the principal drivers of consumer purchasing decisions. Today, those drivers are competing with another important motivator: health. But while some companies like…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Black Americans die at higher rates than White Americans at nearly every age. In 2019, the most recent year with available mortality data, there were over 62,000 such earlier deaths…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Amid the rapid transfer of power in Afghanistan, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) continues to run medical activities in five provinces across the country. In Lashkar Gah,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At a time when Americans are fractured by politics and policies, there is one thing most of us agree on and which has broad, bi-partisan support—convenient access to a high-quality…