This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 experience has removed any doubts about how inextricably countries, communities and societies are linked. It has also clearly highlighted that while responding to crises and providing relief during…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the start of the pandemic, public health and medical officials were already warning that incarcerated people would be uniquely vulnerable to the spread of the disease and its most serious medical…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Differences among nations’ COVID-19 outbreaks are due to a country’s median age, its obesity rate, its border-closure measures, and whether or not it is an island or mainland nation, according…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Busy with his brushes beneath a tarpaulin roof, Rohingya artist Ansar Ullah works on a mural depicting a giant vial of COVID-19 vaccine towering over the ramshackle homes of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For months, local, state and federal officials have been consumed with how to persuade Americans who are wary of the COVID-19 vaccine to get the shot anyway. The conversation has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last fall, more than three-quarters of Shortridge students were Black or Latino. Lee said historic medical mistreatment of these communities has eroded trust in the COVID vaccine. Some students even…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Opioid settlements with pharmaceutical companies have already occurred, and there are more to come. Settlement funds could save lives and mitigate lifelong harms from opioid misuse if they are allocated…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Vaccinating rural communities to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic is no simple task and NRHA understands the unique issues and viewpoints you face as a rural health stakeholder leading the way.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Bella Hughes remembers picking up seashells on Waimānalo Beach in Hawaiʻi as a kid. Today, she says her children pick up microplastics. “Being from an island, our resources are precious,”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As vaccines become available for younger people, Nathan Price has answers about COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness and the risk of side effects in children. A rise in adolescent hospitalizations in March…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. About 425,000 rural Americans completed their coronavirus vaccinations last week, increasing the fully-vaccinated rate in nonmetropolitan counties by about 1 percentage point over the week before and bringing the rural…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across the nation, gaps in health are large, persistent and increasing. Health equity means everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be healthier. It acknowledges that it’s hard to…