Reclaiming the Soul of Health Care
Solving seemingly intractable and long-lasting health issues requires a health care system that is wise, compassionate, humble, and just—all virtues that our system does not reflect.
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Signed Up with No Say
In a good-faith effort to help more residents enroll and to coordinate their care between Medicare and Medicaid, Cal MediConnect automatically enrolled dual-eligible residents from 7 counties—without their consent.
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Keeping Elderly Loneliness at Bay
Intuitive, affordable, and usable technology can help mitigate the social and emotional loneliness seniors face during Covid-19.
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Abortion Access and Covid-19
Executive orders that close essential services and jeopardize health should not be justified by misinterpretations of Supreme Court decisions.
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Covid-19 Changes Climate Patterns
A systematic study explores how the pandemic has impacted the short-term environmental patterns in China, California, and worldwide.
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Amani Allen
Dr. Amani Allen, Executive Associate Dean at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, explores race and socioeconomic inequities as social determinants of health.
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Schools and Scales
Policymakers argue school BMI policies prevent childhood obesity. But recent research indicates that the practice is not only ineffective. It’s harmful.
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Arjumand Siddiqi
Dr. Arjumand Siddiqi, professor of epidemiology at the University of Toronto, discusses the caveats of health equity and what needs to be prioritized.
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Less Stress
Conventional research on stress, poverty, and race often concludes that poorer minority families live the most stressful lives; a recent study suggests that, in Detroit, there is more to the story.
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Mike Siegel and David Jernigan
Drs. Mike Siegel and David Jernigan discuss lessons learned from the MACH trial and how industry inflects public health research.
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Mario Rosser
During Black History Month, Mario Rosser, candidate for New York City Council, reflects on relationships between politics, cities, and health.
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Good, Bad, and Ugly
Local public health systems could play a significant role in reducing rural disparities during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.
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Breast Density by Law
The standard for detecting breast cancer is imagery – either by mammogram or ultrasound. However, breasts are not uniformly photogenic.
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