Health Apr 13 Why this Detroit doctor sees signs for optimism in recent COVID-19 trends Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Monday that the growth rate of new COVID-19 cases in her state may be starting to flatten. But already, there have been more than 1,600 deaths and 25,000 confirmed cases. The Greater Detroit area has…
Health Apr 08 This ER doctor survived COVID-19. Here’s her advice New York state has roughly 150,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19. That's more than any country in the world other than the United States. Health care workers in New York are feeling the pressure of the pandemic -- as well as…
Health Apr 07 What these New York EMTs are seeing as they respond to COVID-19 cases New York remains the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak. Medical teams there are facing a surge of seriously ill patients, and doing so while concerned about their own level of protection from the disease. William Brangham talks to Adam…
Health Apr 02 COVID-19 may not discriminate based on race — but U.S. health care does Health officials have stressed that the coronavirus doesn’t discriminate based on race or ethnicity. But disparities long present in the U.S. medical system are now driving what some call a crisis within a crisis: black and brown communities across the…
Health Dec 23 Behind the troubling rise of uninsured American kids Over 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 Verma Seema 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…
Education Nov 19 How these Oregon teachers are fighting back against white nationalism The FBI reports that hate crime violence in the U.S. is at a 16-year high. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, meanwhile, says the highest percentage of hate incidents since the 2016 election occurred in elementary and secondary schools. Special…
Nation Nov 05 Derek Black grew up as a white nationalist. Here’s how he changed his mind According 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 death U.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…
Nation Sep 24 How Chanel Miller took her story back after her rapist’s lenient sentence left her feeling ‘invisible’ For years, she was known to the world as "Emily Doe," the survivor of a sexual assault that garnered national attention in part because her attacker served only three months in prison, a sentence that sparked outrage. This week, Chanel…