Physical Activity and Health: Move to Live More!

For medical and public health practitioners working on the COVID-19 response, infectious disease is what we see all day[...]

Improving Health Care Access by Meeting Patients Where They Are

Throughout the last two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has magnified many existing inequities in health care and[...]

The Divinity of Doula Care: A Framework for Understanding the Essential Care Providers Shaping Perinatal Outcomes

The term “doula” is the latest buzzword appearing everywhere, from social media and podcasts to federal and statewide[...]

Finding the Courage and Will to Achieve Health Equity: Asking the Right Questions

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and instances of racism against Black individuals have resulted in dangerous health[...]

Vaccine Rollout and the Great Divide: Communities of Color Deserve More from Our Health Care System

I remember getting this phone call from a friend and feeling helpless:

I want my grandmother who lives in Boston to get[...]

Trauma-Informed, Holistic Health Care: A Journey from Patient to Advocate

PurpLE Health Foundation is a non-profit organization in New York City, which invests in the physical, mental, and[...]

Lessons in Health Equity Learned During the Pandemic

In the spring of 2020, as the pandemic bore down on our country, I was appointed to the COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Group[...]

Addiction and Recovery: The Importance of Human Connection

From April 2020-2021, 100,306 parents, spouses, siblings, friends, colleagues, and neighbors in the United States died[...]

Does Epidemiology Need a Rethink?

Epidemiology, the broad study of disease incidence and causality, has long formed the backbone of public health. Its[...]

The Power of a Personalized Approach: Physicians’ Fight against Misinformation and Vaccine Hesitancy

“There was so much information out there, I didn’t know what to do. I just wish someone had convinced me to get the[...]