Tag: COVID-19
WHO is finalizing a new treaty that prepares for the next...
Nicole Hassoun, Binghamton University, State University of New York
On March 20, 2025, members of the World Health Organization...
Touch can comfort and heal, but also harm − a psychologist...
Brian N. Chin, Trinity College
A hug from a friend. A squeeze of the hand. A steady arm around...
America is becoming a nation of homebodies
Brian D. Taylor, University of California, Los Angeles; Eric Morris, Clemson University, and Sam Speroni, University of California, Los Angeles
COVID-19 is the latest epidemic to show biomedical breakthroughs aren’t enough...
Powel H. Kazanjian, University of Michigan
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed over the past five years from a catastrophic threat...
As flu cases break records this year, vaccine rates are declining,...
Annette Regan, University of California, Los Angeles
In February 2025, flu rates spiked to the highest levels seen in...
USAID’s apparent demise and the US withdrawal from WHO put millions...
Nicole Hassoun, Binghamton University, State University of New York
On his first day in office, Jan. 20, 2025, President...
What the ‘moral distress’ of doctors tells us about eroding trust...
Daniel T. Kim, Albany Medical College
I sit on an ethics review committee at the Albany Med Health System...
Health and Human Services secretary influences every aspect of America’s health
Angela Mattie, Quinnipiac University
The secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, plays a significant...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
