Recent pieces address work requirements for food stamps, deportation of Haitians, evidence on prescription heroin, and more.
The day after Thanksgiving, the White House made public the Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II. Congress has mandated that these reports be released every four years, and the Trump administration seemingly figured that doing so on the day after Thanksgiving would limit public attention.
The public health community is well aware of the dangers posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but many of us are less attuned to the problem of fungi resistant to antifungal compounds.
A new report from a wide-ranging group of organizations describes threats to the use of science in government decisions regarding public health and recommends steps Congress can take in response.
Last week, two opinion pieces highlighted solutions to the US’s shameful rates of maternal mortality, and the appalling racial disparities in risk of death during and after childbirth.
Recent pieces address the implications of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court; treating antibiotics as a kind of infrastructure; the new climate change report; responding to Hurricane Michael; and more.
Outside the Supreme Court during the Kavanaugh confirmation vote, we heard from Senators and advocates, but most importantly, we heard from survivors of sexual assault.
Following Hurricane Florence, North Carolina residents face health risks from livestock waste that’s been spilling from flooded containment enclosures.
Senator Harris’s bill to reduce racial disparities in maternal mortality has won praise, but several commenters have also noted that much larger steps will also be necessary to fix the conditions that put black women at elevated risk of a range of health problems
Recent pieces address the EPA’s sudden hostility to pesticide science, low-income parents’ struggle to get enough diapers, testing an infectious disease early-warning system at the hajj, and more.