
Abortion Rights Are Good Health and Good Science
The leaked Supreme Court draft opinion goes against science, safety, and human dignity and portends a dangerous post-Roe future
The leaked Supreme Court draft opinion goes against science, safety, and human dignity and portends a dangerous post-Roe future
Scams and volatility plague this market, and the Biden administration is still trying to decide where the federal government fits in
Evidence shows they boost suffrage, not fraud
Health security is as important to a nation as a standing army
Bills that restrict access to gender-affirming health care ignore research
Lessons about racial injustice help students understand reality
Organizations can act to protect themselves, but collaboration is the best defense
Indigenous peoples have been conserving ecosystems for millennia. Now the developed world wants to evict them
The COVID pandemic made a long-standing problem even more urgent
A crop of bad bills hobbles health agencies and makes it harder to stop disease
Emergency management leaves out vulnerable groups and is poorly prepared for worsening climate-related disasters
It’s time to invest more in home-based care and nursing homes, increase workers’ pay and improve oversight
We need a public health culture change informed by lessons from COVID
We asked our vaccinated colleagues whether they planned on keeping their masks on or not—and why
Coroners are not typically required to have medical expertise—and that’s a problem
Accountability, demilitarization and the transfer of responsibilities to social workers are needed to remake our overly antagonistic law-enforcement agencies
The continuing proliferation of atomic weapons threatens the safety of billions
Our national leaders must take on racist-driven violence in the U.S.
Readers write in about their ancestors’ experiences during the 1918 flu
A technique known as psychological first aid could help reduce COVID stress and anxiety
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