Health
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Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI): Let’s Move from Pamphlet to Practice
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Kristen Mathias is an Internal Medicine Resident at the University of Chicago. She can be reached at [email protected]. Daniel Cabrera is a faculty member in the University of Washington Department of Medicine and contributed to this article. The medical field has an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) problem that is…
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Resuscitation Rates Lower Everywhere During COVID-19
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Covid-19 shocked the US health system when it first arrived in 2020. The immediate direct consequences were obvious, but with such a dramatic event there will inevitably be many more delayed or indirect consequences of the pandemic and lockdown. Researchers are now studying some of these consequences. In June 2020,…
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Harm Reduction, Healthcare, and the Opioid Overdose Crisis in Chicago
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Alex Rains is an MS1 at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She can be reached at [email protected] Overdose deaths have been a serious public health concern in the United States for many years, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only highlighted the severity of this crisis. By disrupting…
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Executive Underreach in the Response to COVID-19
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Here we are, over one year later: trapped inside as news of daily deaths keeps breaching the barricade around our isolated lives. How did it come to this? As we mourn COVID-19’s first anniversary, the history of this pandemic continues to be written, and most believe it is a tale…
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COVID-19 Halted Medicaid Work Requirements. Should They Come Back?
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In 2018, the Trump administration announced a new policy allowing states to require certain Medicaid enrollees to do a minimum number of “community engagement” hours in order to keep their coverage. These policies, often called work requirements, differ from state to state. They usually dictate that “able-bodied” Medicaid beneficiaries in…
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Do Elections Make You Sick?
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The current U.S. political system is deeply polarized, defined by partisan animus and infighting. A contentious election cycle culminated in an armed insurrection of the U.S. Capitol and a violent attack on U.S. democratic institutions. The political stakes of these events seem straightforward, but what can be said about the…
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Interview: Kim Wasserman and Juliana Pino of the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
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The following is an edited transcript of an interview conducted by Kelly Aves, a second-year student at the Harris School of Public Policy. Kelly spoke with Kim Wasserman and Juliana Pino of the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO). Kim is the Executive Director of LVEJO and has been a…
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Are We Better Off with Less Social Media? Evidence Says Yes
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Whether social media is good or bad for us remains a widely contested topic. Research shows that the same social media networks that can increase voter turnout can also leave us feeling lonely and depressed. So how do we really know if social media’s benefits justify its costs? The results of…
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Millions of Americans Have Lost Their Health Insurance in the Middle of a Pandemic
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The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the US economy and produced record-high unemployment. To make matters worse, more than half of the US adult population—about 158 million people—receives health insurance through their employer. This means that the current economic crisis has the potential to strip millions of people of their health…
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Risks of In-Person Voting During COVID-19
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When the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national emergency on March 13, the country was in the middle of primary election season. As states franticly adjusted plans for voting, Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court overruled Governor Tony Evers’ executive order to reschedule the election, just one day before the election was…
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New Methods in Drug Surveillance Show Promise in Reducing Suicide
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Mental health, suicide, and how to address these issues are increasingly salient parts of the national health discussion in the United States. For well over a decade, the suicide rate has increased and is now the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. The majority of suicides are…