Prioritizing vaccines for people experiencing homelessness is vital to an equitable and effective public health response, write Margot Kushel, Barbara DiPietro, and Bobby Watts […]
US healthcare
As states reopen, incentivizing Americans to vaccinate against covid-19 is an urgent priority
Nakisa B. Sadeghi and Leana S. Wen The authorization of safe and effective covid-19 vaccines and subsequent efforts by the US government to increase supply and distribution are pivotal steps […]
Let primary care providers vaccinate their patients against covid-19
The pandemic has upended the role of primary care providers in the US, but putting them at the heart of the vaccine rollout would help to restore their place, writes […]
Abraar Karan: Give people better tools to stop viral transmission, and trust that they will use them
If public health systems don’t trust individuals, individuals will also not trust public health, writes Abraar Karan […]
“My Blackness enters the room first”: An immigrant physician on systemic racism in the US
Nycole K Joseph describes how her move to the US for medical training forced her to confront the brutal reality of racism in America […]
Iatrogenesis and harm in covid-19—when medical care ignores social forces
When we fail to recognise the systematically unequal social forces that drive the spread of disease, it can lead to harm, say Seth Holmes and colleagues […]
Terry McGovern: Sexual and reproductive health and rights under a Biden administration
The Trump Administration devoted itself to destroying the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls, seizing any and all opportunities to strip women and girls of bodily […]
Gaurab Basu: Our patients are telling us important stories, if we listen carefully
Anxieties about being able to access care in the US is an experience that none of our patients should face, yet so many do, writes Gaurab Basu […]
Tara Vijayan: In the quiet of the holiday season, the City of Angels burns
In the wake of pandemic fatigue and the fallout from highly politicized public health interventions, Los Angeles has reached a crisis moment, writes Tara Vijayan […]
Karen E Lasser: Vaccine hesitancy—finding common ground
In the early 2000s, I had occasion to visit the spa town of Baden-Baden, in Southern Germany. In addition to taking the spa waters, I visited Casino Baden-Baden. I do […]