Health Care

College Mental Health

Colleges Struggle to Address a Mental Health Crisis Colleges Struggle to Address a Mental Health Crisis

As the Covid-19 pandemic worsened, expectations and resources on campus remained largely the same.

Jan 26, 2022 / StudentNation / Teresa Xie

How Much Longer Can We Keep Doing This Without a Vaccine?

How Much Longer Can We Keep Doing This Without a Vaccine? How Much Longer Can We Keep Doing This Without a Vaccine?

All parents are struggling during the pandemic, but those with kids too young to be vaccinated are barely holding on.

Jan 21, 2022 / Regina Mahone

Learning From Decades of Public Health Failure

Learning From Decades of Public Health Failure Learning From Decades of Public Health Failure

A conversation with George Aumoithe on the history of disease prevention, the economic roots of the crisis American hospitals face, and why we need to do better.

Jan 19, 2022 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Navajo Nation Covid

How the Navajo Nation Beat Back Covid How the Navajo Nation Beat Back Covid

The community once the hardest hit is now one of the safest in the United States.

Jan 14, 2022 / StudentNation / Rachel Cohen

The Texas Abortion Ban Could Usher in a Wave of Pregnancy-Related Deaths

The Texas Abortion Ban Could Usher in a Wave of Pregnancy-Related Deaths The Texas Abortion Ban Could Usher in a Wave of Pregnancy-Related Deaths

“When you deny people the opportunity to have a safe abortion procedure and replace it with the higher risk of continuing pregnancies, more people are going to die.”

Jan 13, 2022 / Mary Tuma

Joleen Nez: A Death in Custody

Joleen Nez: A Death in Custody Joleen Nez: A Death in Custody

How racism, negligence, and a politically connected medical provider turned homelessness into a capital crime.

Jan 10, 2022 / Feature / Cecilia Nowell

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The Front Lines of Omicron The Front Lines of Omicron

With the pandemic returning to a state of emergency, we need to finally fix what was already broken in our society.

Jan 10, 2022 / Adam Gaffney

Happy New Year, It’s Sure Been Weird

Happy New Year, It’s Sure Been Weird Happy New Year, It’s Sure Been Weird

I wouldn’t even try to sum up this bizarre year of ours.

Dec 31, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt

People waiting in a long line for covid test in Los Angeles

The Pandemic Shows Why We Need Universal Health Care The Pandemic Shows Why We Need Universal Health Care

Why does the richest country in the world have the most Covid deaths? A primary reason is that the United States does not have a free, universal health care system.

Dec 23, 2021 / Abdullah Shihipar for The Nation

Elizabeth Holmes

The Elizabeth Holmes Trial Is an Indictment of US Health Care The Elizabeth Holmes Trial Is an Indictment of US Health Care

What might have happened if taxpayers—rather than investors—had directly funded Theranos’s blood-prick research?

Dec 22, 2021 / James Ledbetter

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