view article - Covid-19 and ICE Raid Immigrants 12.10.2020 view article - Covid-19 and ICE Raid Immigrants Health Equity Covid-19 and ICE Raid Immigrants In order to survive, we must follow public health recommendations by stopping ICE raids, detentions, and deportations. Guest Authors Miriam MagaƱa Lopez, Seth Holmes
view article - Disparities Made Invisible: Covid-19 Lessons from the Navajo and Lummi Nations 12.08.2020 view article - Disparities Made Invisible: Covid-19 Lessons from the Navajo and Lummi Nations Disease COVID-19 Disparities Made Invisible: Covid-19 Lessons from the Navajo and Lummi Nations Although Covid-19 rates are again rising across the country, we can learn from the Navajo and Lummi People. Guest Authors Elizabeth Ferrara, Alexandra Skinner, Julia Raifman, Talia Quandelacy
view article - Hard Work Doesn't Pay 11.25.2020 view article - Hard Work Doesn't Pay Health Equity Hard Work Doesn't Pay Reparations and baby bonds are just two economic plans that could fundamentally restructure Black communities. Fellow Edward Alexander
view article - Reckless Recycling 11.23.2020 view article - Reckless Recycling Environment Environmental Health Reckless Recycling If single-stream recycling is to remain an option, we need better recycler education and container labeling to prevent cross-contamination. Fellow Tasha McAbee
view article - Moving Beyond Healthcare 11.20.2020 view article - Moving Beyond Healthcare Mental & Behavioral Health Mental Health Moving Beyond Healthcare The mental health services landscape developed as segregated and inadequate for Black Americans during and after Reconstruction. Guest Authors Steven Starks, Pamela Y. Collins
view article - Using Covid-19 to End HIV 11.17.2020 view article - Using Covid-19 to End HIV Disease Chronic Disease Using Covid-19 to End HIV The public health response to Covid-19 provides us with an unprecedented opportunity to end the HIV epidemic in America. Guest Authors Bohdan Nosyk, Wendy S. Armstrong, Carlos del Rio
view article - Weathering the Workforce 11.16.2020 view article - Weathering the Workforce Environment Climate Change Weathering the Workforce Now is the time to start educating the health care workforce about the risks of climate change and how to reduce them. Guest Author Aaron Bernstein
view article - Becoming Homebound 11.13.2020 view article - Becoming Homebound Disease COVID-19 Becoming Homebound While the pandemic has led to massive strides in remote-care delivery, we must ensure that the concerns of homebound patients are addressed. Guest Authors Katherine Ornstein, Melissa Garrido, Katelyn Ferreira
view article - Youth Use 11.12.2020 view article - Youth Use Mental & Behavioral Health Substance Use Youth Use Researchers found that as people moved from richer neighborhoods to poorer ones, they drank more and reported more alcohol consequences. Fellow Edward Alexander