As of 2019, the average person — depending on their diet — consumes about five grams or a credit card’s worth of plastic a week. Consuming any amount of plastic is unsafe. Yet, both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection...
With the announcement of a vaccine in the works, HIV could become a thing of the past. However, if HIV policies continue to ignore the current racial gaps in treatment and prevention, their outcomes will be nothing short of failure.
A transformation of policing to center public health and safety will deliver more equitable criminal justice outcomes, and more importantly, save lives.
The U.S. government has failed, not only to address the rapid spread of COVID-19, but to provide a social safety net for all Americans.
Without an international approach, COVID-19 may shrink to national endemics in developing nations — widening inequality between high- and low-income nations.
COVID-19 has hit majority-minority nursing homes the hardest. These racial disparities must be addressed to help nursing home residents through this pandemic.
Without action to build trust, relationships and health infrastructure, our nation’s most vulnerable communities will disproportionately suffer from COVID-19.
Introduction The increasing frequency of global health emergencies that affect multiple nations and regions necessitates a better understanding of the role global governance systems play in combatting public health crises. Much like the global nature of today’s...