Covid In Schools, Nobody Else Will By Tess Finch-Lees “It’s not your fault,” I told 16-year-old Cara, whose mother died of a SARS-CoV-2 infection she gave her. To be clear, the doctor confirmed Cara (not…
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A Time for Solidarity and Equity By Lawrence O. Gostin, J.D., Ashish K. Jha, M.D., M.P.H., and Alexandra Finch, L.L.M. On August 14, 2024, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox in…
Spaces COVID-Safer By Vivian McCall In the summer of 2022, a COVID-19 infection sent William White to the hospital. The drummer for the indie rock band Glass Beach, a proggy, emo-ish four-piece that has amassed…
By Susan Shain Kurt Marthaller, who oversees school food programs in Butte, Montana, faces many cafeteria-related challenges: children skipping the lunch line because they fear being judged, parents fuming about surprise bills they can’t afford,…
By Zoya Teirstein People around the world are living longer, healthier lives than they were just half a century ago. Climate change threatens to undo that progress. Across the planet, animals—and the diseases they carry…
By Belén Fernández When I was in high school in Texas in the late 1990s, running myself ragged with academic and extracurricular activities, I began suffering from acute panic attacks. The first round lasted for…
It’s already here for Earth’s wildlife By Diana Bell I am a conservation biologist who studies emerging infectious diseases. When people ask me what I think the next pandemic will be I often say that…
Commentary by Belén Fernández Shortly prior to his death from prostate cancer in August of this year at the age of 72, my father emerged from a state of muteness to recite, with a burst…
By Zane McNeill Floridians Protecting Freedom, a campaign advocating for the inclusion of the right to abortion on the 2024 ballot, has successfully gathered 910,946 verified signatures in favor of the initiative, surpassing the number…
Nonprofit provides health care regardless of ability to pay By Tiney Ricciardi When Reid DeSpiegelaere, chief development officer at Every Child Pediatrics, talks about his work’s mission, he points to the name of the nonprofit…