Saving Lives Slowly
Today, I am saving lives slowly. This is less satisfying than the days I am in full personal protective equipment (PPE)[...]
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Abortion During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The 1973 Roe v. Wade United States (US) Supreme Court case resulted in the historic decision that the US Constitution[...]
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Contraception During the COVID-19 Pandemic
We know that many barriers to accessing safe, equitable, and effective contraception exist at individual,[...]
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Reflections on COVID-19, the Climate Crisis, Environmental Justice and Health Equity
We are living in an unprecedented time in which an unimaginable global pandemic has upended our way of life. Our[...]
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Pediatric Health Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
While knowledge of COVID-19 transmission and its clinical manifestations is rapidly expanding, many questions remain[...]
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Protecting Those Who Protect Us
Health care workers, including residents, have stepped into the breach of the COVID-19 pandemic, and they have done so[...]
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Experiencing Rural Family Medicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic
I arrived in Valdez, Alaska in mid-February as a visiting third year medical student and was quickly immersed in[...]
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“Some New Kind of Infection or Plague:" The 1918 Flu Pandemic & COVID-19
A humbling sense of medical uncertainty. Tensions between public health concerns versus economic consequences for[...]
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Immigrant Health, COVID-19, and the Duty to Care
Three months ago, the novel coronavirus arrived in the Boston area. It struck first in wealthy communities of[...]
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In Times of Crisis, Family Medicine Rises to the Challenge
We are all looking forward to the day when COVID-19 no longer dominates the news cycle, nor our lives. The ongoing[...]
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