This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Eight out of 10 people hospitalized with COVID-19 develop neurological problems, new research shows. In early 2020, after the United States had its first reported case of COVID-19, Sherry Chou…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic underscores more than any time in recent history how important it is to protect public health. Yet, as countries race to develop a coronavirus vaccine, another everyday…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The care economy includes child care, elder care, and care for people who are ill or disabled and in need of assistance. That care is provided by home-based businesses, care…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Only 1 in 10 older adults in a large national survey who were found to have cognitive impairment consistent with dementia reported a formal medical diagnosis of the condition. Using…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mental health is nearly always seen as an individual issue requiring individual solutions. Yet in reality it’s as much a problem for groups and organizations. One legacy of the COVID-19…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The highly contagious Delta COVID variant quickly spreading through the U.S. may force schools to double down on mitigation measures in order to reopen safely later this summer and into…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To be successful, we must invest in skills training at the same time we invest in physical infrastructure. Infrastructure is inherently people-centered; built for the people, by the people. Washington…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The coronavirus pandemic, suspected of originating in bats and pangolins, has brought the risk of viruses that jump from wildlife to humans into stark focus. These leaps often happen at…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We understand that connection with others is good for our health, longevity, and even the resilience of our community. We less often consider the physical places and structures, or the…
“If there is a vision of change in your heart, there is an activist within.” SASA! Community Activists in Papua New Guinea are using their power positively to create the change they…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the race between infection and injection, injection has lost. Public health experts estimate that approximately 70% of the world’s 7.9 billion people must be fully vaccinated to end the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the first-ever population-based national study comparing mental and physical health of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) Americans to their straight counterparts, Michigan State University sociologist Hui Liu and research partner Rin…