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Politics Jul 01
Reasons for hope amid America’s racial unrestAs the United States grapples with the novel coronavirus, nationwide protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd insist the country must confront a second epidemic: racism. Despite a longstanding belief that we are a nation divided, some say there…
Nation Jun 03
The critical role white parents play in shaping racism — and eradicating itStructural racism is now sharing the American cultural spotlight with COVID-19. While solutions to racial disparities in police treatment, health care and education will likely require policy changes, some experts say decisions at the family and individual levels matter just…
Health May 05
When lifesaving COVID-19 care arrives by helicopterRegional and rural hospitals can be ill-equipped to handle serious coronavirus cases -- so additional care comes to the patient. Jennifer Adamski is a critical care nurse practitioner with the Cleveland Clinic, an Ohio-based hospital system that dispatches her far…
Health Apr 24
‘Do not call me a hero.’ Listen to an ICU nurse’s plea for fighting the coronavirusAfter a particularly brutal week caring for COVID-19 patients at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, KP Mendoza considered one final task: writing a will.
Health Apr 22
Why New York’s health care system is still ‘in a state of shock’New York state is seeing signs of improvement in its COVID-19 outbreak, including a reduced hospitalization rate. But in New York City alone, an estimated 35,000 people are hospitalized with the virus -- meaning front-line health care staff still face…
Health Dec 23
Behind the troubling rise of uninsured American kidsOver a million children have fallen out of public health insurance programs since December 2017. In some cases, their parents acquired coverage at work. But researchers also see a troubling rise in uninsured children -- and say the Trump administration's…
Health Dec 23
WATCH: One-on-one with Trump’s Medicare and Medicaid chief Seema VermaSeema Verma discussed her views on President Donald Trump’s plan for sustaining public health insurance programs, how the administration would respond if Obamacare is struck down by the courts in the future, and her thoughts on how the latest Medicare…
Nation Nov 05
Derek Black grew up as a white nationalist. Here’s how he changed his mindAccording to the FBI, hate crimes are on the rise in the U.S. Studies also suggest white nationalist and white supremacist ideologies are spreading. Derek Black was raised in a household that espoused such beliefs, but during college, his views…
Health Oct 30
Why minority representation in medical research is a matter of life and deathU.S. racial and ethnic diversity is ever increasing, but the medical representation of minority groups is not. A recent review of government-funded cancer research studies found that participants were disproportionately white, and fewer than 2 percent of these clinical trials…
Health Aug 28
Why doctors are increasingly prescribing natureAs rates of chronic disease among children have skyrocketed over the past few decades, pediatricians have increasingly looked for solutions beyond the clinic. Sometimes that means actually prescribing time outside. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports from Oakland on the medical…
