PolicyJuly 1, 2021
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Health CareJuly 1, 2021
America’s Long-Term Care System Is Broken
It’s time to invest more in home-based care and nursing homes, increase workers’ pay and improve oversight
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PolicyJuly 1, 2021
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: July 2021
Madame Curie honored; immortality for humans
OpinionJuly 1, 2021
Transgender Patients Deserve Better Medical Care
We must train providers to understand their unique needs in order to deliver affirming, compassionate treatment
OpinionJune 30, 2021
Why Anti-Trans Laws Are Anti-Science
Bills that restrict access to gender-affirming health care ignore research
Climate ChangeJune 30, 2021
Climate Lawsuits Are Using Old Science
Three quarters of litigators are failing to cite the most recent peer-reviewed findings
OpinionJune 30, 2021
Mobile Clinics Can Help Reduce Health Inequity
They worked to bring COVID vaccines to communities of color; they could fill other health care needs as well
OpinionJune 25, 2021
Science Should Not Try to Absorb Religion and Other Ways of Knowing
Our diverse ways of seeing reality will never, and should never, meld into a monolithic worldview
OpinionJune 23, 2021
Abortion Rights Are at the Greatest Risk since Roe v. Wade Was Decided in 1972
The Supreme Court will hear a case in the upcoming term that could officially overturn that historic ruling
EnvironmentJune 22, 2021
Trees Are Missing in Low-Income Neighborhoods
More tree cover would lower disproportionately high levels of heat and pollution
OpinionJune 20, 2021
Some Medical Examiners Say Sickle Cell Trait Causes Sudden Death—They’re Wrong
The genetic factor that contributed most to the deaths of 47 Black men in police custody was the color of their skin, not the contents of their red blood cells
PolicyJune 17, 2021
Supreme Court Upholds the Affordable Care Act—Again
By a vote of 7-2, the court declined to overturn the landmark health care law for the third time