Health
Dr. Sanjeev K. Sriram When doctors don’t show up for work during the coronavirus outbreak, it won’t be because we’re striking (most of us are not unionized — yet). It will be because... Read more
By Rob Waters Saira Diaz uses her fingers to count the establishments selling fast food and sweets near the South Los Angeles home she shares with her parents and 13-year-old son. “Th... Read more
by Eric Galatas Doctors, nurses and patients were in Washington last week, urging lawmakers to commit to stable, long-term funding for the nation’s Community Health Centers. Mor... Read more
The House Health and Insurance committee passed a bill sponsored by Rep. Dafna Michaelson Jenet, D-Commerce City, and Rep. Janet Buckner, D-Aurora, that would require women’s preventative he... Read more
Legislation providing desperately-needed financial peace of mind to patients battling cancer has been signed into law. The text of H.R. 2976, the Deferment for Active Cancer Treatment Act... Read more
Where we live impacts our health. This is now a well-known fact that researchers from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute have unpacked for nearly a decade. Their County... Read more
As a clinical child psychologist and associate professor of social work, I’m concerned by the national discourse around mental health, violence and schools, as pundits offer misguided and si... Read more
The Trump administration may like questioning solid science, but those of us who have harvested crops in the fields are well aware that the pesticide chlorpyrifos is too toxic to be used on... Read more
We applaud the senators on both sides of the aisle who stood firm and continue to stand firm against a terrible bill – the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson bill to repeal and replace the Afford... Read more
It’s Vital to Include Immigrants to Combat COVID-19
David Torres Far from subsiding, the “curve” in cases of coronavirus in this nation of immigrants, representing the phase in which the pandemic is, according to experts on the matter,... Read more