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09.27.2019 a comparison of a comparison of a bed and a bed

Tweet Dreams

Our smartphones give unprecedented access to information and connect us to our friends and family, but Americans find it hard to unplug.

Fellow Greg Kantor

09.24.2019 Graph showing deaths form suicide, alcohol and drug overdose impacts in US states

Suicide, Alcohol, and Drug Deaths

Paying attention to experiences of states allows for more tailored and effective interventions addressing deaths from suicide, alcohol, and drug overdose.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

09.18.2019 Graph showing the decrease in AIDS deaths

What Works for HIV

San Francisco has focused on prevention and treatment efforts to decrease the number of HIV diagnoses and AIDS deaths, informing future HIV responses.

Editor Nicholas Diamond

09.16.2019 a graph of the number of people with alcohol and suicide

The Suffering Generation

Premature deaths from suicide and alcohol or drug overdoses reflect record-high societal rates of anxiety and depression among Millennials.

Fellow Greg Kantor

09.13.2019 a graph of a number of people with different colored bars

Rising Deductibles

A recent analysis of out-of-pocket spending by the Kaiser Foundation found that between 2006 and 2017, deductibles increased as co-pays shrank.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

09.10.2019 a collage of graphs

Depths of Despair

Evidence points to “deaths of despair” across all racial and ethnic groups. Efforts to mitigate cultural despair should target populations of young adults.

Fellow Jori Fortson

09.06.2019 a map of the united states

Health Equity

Surprise Bills at the ER

Millions of Americans receive a surprise–and often pricey–out-of-network ER visit bill, putting too many seemingly health-insured Americans into debt.

Fellow Greg Kantor

09.04.2019 a graph of a number of people

Death Watch

Does the news reflect what we die from? We have been conditioned to fear the exceedingly rare and ignore what’s more likely to kill us.

Fellow Greg Kantor

09.02.2019 a map of the united states with red dots and numbers

Measles Madness

Health authorities declared that measles had been eliminated from the nation in 2000, yet the virus has reemerged at alarmingly high rates in 2019.

Fellow Jori Fortson

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