Health

COVID-19 health care workers experienced high rates of potential “moral injury” that are comparable to rates experienced by military veterans, according to a new study. “Moral injuries can happen when…

We’ve known since the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic that one essential factor would have a profound effect on our understanding of the impact of this virus: data collection. One…

Community drives our work in every sense of the word, and that means we take every effort to center people in every decision we make—from how we show up in…

In 2006, I was two months pregnant when I got arrested with two of my girlfriends. My friends got into a fight with another girl. At the time, myself, my…

Growing up in the Bay Area, 2018 Grist 50 Fixer Favianna Rodriguez witnessed firsthand the impact that pollution and racial injustice had on her friends and family. Now an interdisciplinary artist and activist whose…

When most people hear the term palliative care, they look worried or confused. Introducing myself to patients and families as a palliative medicine physician, I commonly hear things like, “Does…

Importance  The association between hydraulic fracturing and human development is not well understood. Several studies have identified significant associations between unconventional natural gas development and adverse birth outcomes; however, geology and…

The Covid-19 pandemic has given the world a painful primer on the power of exponential growth. On December 30, 2019, per the World Health Organization, there were two confirmed cases of…

Unlike almost all other educational institutions in California, where students are now almost all fully back in person, California’s community colleges offer a dramatic – and concerning — contrast. On…

How the ‘test to treat’ initiative aims to get ahead of the next Going into the third year of the pandemic, public health experts are developing strategies to work within…