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An elderly woman is guided back to her room for a family visit at Nikkei Manor, an assisted living facility, in Seattle, Washington, on March 30, 2021.
Governance

AI-Driven Pilot Program Delays Access to Care for Americans

by Ron Shinkman

The Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model was launched to weed out Medicare fraud, but patients report lagging care and increased denials

Jane Parrish, 86, collects food from a pantry supported by Trinity's Table at the Roosevelt Community Center, in Charleston, West Virginia, on March 19, 2025.
Poverty

SNAP Benefits in 2026: What Older Adults Should Expect From Work Requirements

by Anika Nayak

An explainer outlines new work requirements for U.S. food benefits and the ways older adults can meet them

Aging

South Carolina Addresses the Geriatrician Gap

by Anika Nayak
South Carolina Addresses the Geriatrician Gap
Aging

Aging Gracefully in Taiwan

by Ted Alcorn
Aging Gracefully in Taiwan
Gender

The Gender Pay Gap Is Wider Than You Thought

by Marilyn Waring
The Gender Pay Gap Is Wider Than You Thought
Aging

Memory Robber—Keeping Dementia From Stealing Our Future

by Emma Nichols, Annie Chan
Memory Robber—Keeping Dementia From Stealing Our Future
Aging

Coronavirus in Toronto—Lessons Lost on a Second SARS

by Allison Daniel
Bird's eye view: visitors take in a panoramic scene of the city of Toronto, Canada, from the 553 meters (1815 feet) high CN Tower, which just reopened after coronavirus restrictions on July 15, 2020. The photo shows a woman wearing a mask looking out from the skyview of the tall building with the Toronto cityscape beneath her. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
Governance

Separated by a Common Infection

by Amar Bhidé, Leif Pagrotsky
In a country that didn't lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, a sign assures people that the bar is open during the COVID-19 outbreak—outside a pub in Stockholm, Sweden, on March 26, 2020. Picture Shows two side-by-side chalk placards in front of a restaurant advertising a happy hour inside. One of the signs reads, "I assure you WE'RE OPEN." REUTERS/Colm Fulton
Governance

Models, Math, and COVID-19: A Public Health Response

by Nina Schwalbe, ​​​​​​​Nathaniel Hupert
Indonesians queue to get free food without social distancing amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bogor, Indonesia, on April 20, 2020. The photo shows a crush of people, many of them wearing face masks, crowded in all parts of the shot's frame. REUTERS/Antara Foto/Yulius Satria Wijaya