Viewpoint Archives

10.07.2020 a purple circle on a yellow background

Despite how common intersex conditions are, the medical community largely disregards the identities and needs of intersex youth and adults.

Fellow Gray Babbs

10.05.2020 a close up of a virus

If Covid-19 has taught us nothing else, it’s that politicians need to train in ethics, in government, in the role of scientific inquiry.

Editor Michael Stein

09.29.2020 a group of people in different colors

The current CDC methodology erases a key mechanism through which structural racism operates: social and spatial segregation.

09.21.2020 a number squares with numbers

To be effective, Covid-19 testing must be combined with other epidemic-stopping measures like isolation, quarantine, and contact tracing.

Fellows Gray Babbs, Tasha McAbee

09.15.2020 pink pills forming letters and numbers

The full potential of PrEP is yet to be realized because only a fraction of people who would benefit from taking it have access.

Guest Author Pedro Botti Carneiro

09.01.2020 a group of people wearing face masks

We in public health work the realm of attempted truth, not fabrication that serves powerful, partisan interest.

Editor Michael Stein

07.30.2020 a hand and hand print

The physiologic definition of infertility carries an underlying cis-heteronormative bias that excludes individuals who experience social infertility.

Guest Author Nambi J. Ndugga

07.09.2020 a face mask with a white background

The fallout of the pandemic is plunging much of the world – including communities in our own backyard – into severe food insecurity.

Guest Author Pauley Tedoff

06.30.2020 a map with red circles and numbers

Racism is detrimental to public health. Our national leaders and the media have caused Asian Americans to feel unsafe, even in their own homes.

Guest Author Jennifer Nguyen

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