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Powerful Legacies: New Memoir Explores Racism in Health Care and Beyond
Dr. Uché Blackstock examines the systems that oppress Black Americans and urges her readers to challenge them
Two Hundred Thousand and (Not) Counting
The U.S. failure to collect social and community data hampers efforts to control COVID-19 and to address health inequity
Contact Tracing Requires Building Trust
As states gear up their contact tracing efforts, here’s how they should approach getting buy-in within their communities
COVID-19 This Week: On the Brink
The United States is a global outlier—a long way from vaccines or containment, even as we consider reopening schools
Coronavirus Epidemiology This Week
We won’t stop COVID-19 until we focus on the data that matter
One Weak Link and the Whole Thing Falls Apart
A more structured, uniform, and comprehensive U.S. approach is needed to collect, report, and analyze coronavirus data
Systemic Racism in Mammogram Guidelines
Breaking down U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations in the COVID-19 pandemic
The Voices of the Navajos
After COVID-19, who will hear the Navajo Nation and address education, water infrastructure, and food insecurity issues?
White Supremacy in Global Health
A Juneteenth pledge to continue the ever-changing march toward anti-racism, ending oppression, and achieving justice
We Need a Pro-Poor and Pro-Black Response to COVID-19
Concentrate testing in poor Black and Latinx neighborhoods now and plan for an equitable distribution of future vaccines
The Color and Gender of COVID: Essential Workers, Not Disposable People
Women of color sit at the intersection of race and gender disparities—they should be at the center of policy solutions
Silenced Voices in Global Health
The field has come a long way from its colonial past, but global health still falls short of being diverse and inclusive
Dual Pandemics: Coronavirus and Gender-Based Violence
With violence doubling in some places, women bear the brunt of COVID-19—lessons from Rwanda for a post-pandemic world
Bridging the Data Divide in COVID-19
Collaborative health data networks and open access would give boundless opportunities to advance disease surveillance