Tag: public health

It’s about spreading awareness of the disparities and the inequalities created by unequal distributions of money, power, and resources within the public health sector and fighting for those most impacted by demanding policy changes.

This public health hazard that hides in plain sight is childhood adversity: experiences like physical abuse, sexual abuse and neglect.

Smaller, more sustainable families would create massive long-term savings and catalyze sustainable development.

Public health and communications experts from Michigan, Indiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina discuss efforts to encourage people in their states and local communities to get vaccinated.

What property-driven, rights-oriented society allows protesters to both spread disease AND violate sacred boundaries?

“The Biden administration is making clear that the best available science, and not political interference from industry, will guide the EPA’s decisions on protecting the public from pollution.”

“This is a majority-Black island in a U.S. territory. It is located next to public housing. If this refinery were located most anywhere else in the country, it would have been shut down months ago.”

“The critical issue here is not whether vaccines are good or bad, but … even more, I would suggest what is at stake is a democratic public health.”

More than five months into the crisis, there continue to be critical testing shortages and delays. How did we get here?

The crises of COVID and economic collapse are triggers for people to demand change as a gateway to a new and better world.