Promoting Health Equity through Voter Registration & Mobilization
It’s a warm September day. I neatly arrange my voter registration materials at a small table outside of the Somerville[...]
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My Patient Anna, and Millions of Others Like Her, Are on the Ballot in November
Meet Anna. She’s a 47-year-old woman with diabetes and high blood pressure—that is, hypertension. When I first met Anna[...]
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Child Care and Early Education is a Social Determinant of Health—For Children and Adults
More than six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, child care solutions for families remain scarce. A high-stakes problem[...]
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Don Berwick's Moral Determinants of Health
Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, is President Emeritus and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI),[...]
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Situating the Continuum of Overdose Risk in the Social Determinants of Health
The United States remains in the throes of an escalating drug overdose crisis. Data show that overdoses increased yet[...]
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In the US West Scorched by Wildfires, We Can Barely Breathe. It’s Going to Get Worse.
In California, we’ve counted ourselves among the lucky this past week if the worst we’ve had to cope with is a thick[...]
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Precision Medicine & the Pivotal Role of Primary Care to Shape the Future of Healthcare
"My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere, you must run twice[...]
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Food Access via Small Stores on Navajo Nation: COVID-19 & Beyond
It’s a calm sunny day as I sit with John McCulloch in front of his store in Teec Nos Pos, Arizona. The store has served[...]
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African Americans Are Disproportionately Exposed to Extreme Heat
Climate change is a threat multiplier. This is a fact I know to be true. I also know that our most vulnerable[...]
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality Among Children and Teens
Due to early misconceptions that COVID-19 didn’t lead to severe disease or death in children, US state surveillance[...]
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The Inner Bully and the Burden of Charting: A Dose of Self-Compassion May Be the Best Medicine
If you are a physician, this may sound familiar:
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