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Health Care Bias: The Case of Sickle Cell Disease

Fellow Priyanka Athalye

Work Out Harder (Not Longer)

Fellow Farah Nimeri

What Hantavirus Is Telling Us About the Future of Health Communication

Guest Author Beverley Waithaka

Churning Out of Diabetes Management

Fellow Rylie Lillibridge

Closing the Gap in Childhood Cancer Care

Fellow Aidan Stotz

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08.28.2026 Young Black female sickle cell disease patient talks to White doctor

Health Care Bias: The Case of Sickle Cell Disease

Black sickle cell patients with concurrent opioid use and chronic pain had negative descriptors in 20% of medical notes versus 3% for other patients.

Fellow Priyanka Athalye

08.19.2026 Breathing, fitness and black man by blue sky for running, workout or training for marathon with break. Fatigue, lens flare and African mature athlete with rest for outdoor cardio exercise from below.

Breathing, fitness and black man by blue sky for running, workout or training for marathon with break. Fatigue, lens flare and African mature athlete with rest for outdoor cardio exercise from below.

Work Out Harder (Not Longer)

Incorporating even small amounts of vigorous activity into your exercise routine can lower the risk of chronic disease and early death.

Fellow Farah Nimeri

06.16.2026 A concept that expresses the hyper-connected society of modern society by connecting people icons with lines. Health communication and misinformation spread concept

A concept that expresses the hyper-connected society of modern society by connecting people icons with lines. Health communication and misinformation spread concept

What Hantavirus Is Telling Us About the Future of Health Communication

If public health institutions want to regain public trust, they must entirely rethink how they communicate about public health.

Guest Author Beverley Waithaka

05.22.2026 close-up image of a diabetic patient testing their blood sugar

Churning Out of Diabetes Management

Insurance churn leaves diabetic patients uninsured and unmedicated, leading to worse health outcomes and disease management.

Fellow Rylie Lillibridge

04.08.2026 Headshot for Kira Bona, physician, associate professor, and Director of the Pediatric and Young Adult Cancer Health Outcomes Research Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Closing the Gap in Childhood Cancer Care

Kira Bona, director of the Pediatric and Young Adult Cancer Health Outcomes Research Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, studies what happens when childhood cancer care meets the pressures of poverty.

Fellow Aidan Stotz

04.06.2026 Shot of a young Black man getting his eyes examined. Glaucoma concept

Hidden In Plain Sight

More than 2% of adults aged 40 or older have glaucoma, with Black adults facing an increased risk for the disease.

Fellow Farah Nimeri

03.24.2026 Portrait of a young boy sitting on a hospital bed, looking out the window. Childhood cancer survivorship concept

The Sound of Survival, and the Silence of Survivorship

The end of childhood cancer treatment marks the beginning of a lifetime of care and health challenges that largely go unacknowledged.

Fellow Aidan Stotz

03.05.2026 Cooling towers releasing steam into a clear blue sky at a nuclear power complex

Cancer In the Shadow of Nuclear Plants

The promise of a cleaner, nuclear-powered grid must be weighed alongside the health of the communities living near these facilities.

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

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