COVID-19 Testing Questions: Experts Wonder if Congressional Response will Help Small Businesses, Employees

Many shopkeepers will want to keep his or her business open if they don’t have the funds to keep an office closed for 14 days. Faculty Associate Gerard Anderson is quoted.


Schools close to contain coronavirus. Will it work? Depends on what we do with our kids.

Many schools around the United States have closed, potentially for weeks, to help stem the spread of coronavirus. If you — like us — have children at home, you are […]


Coronavirus could financially cripple many Americans

Americans’ health may not be the only thing at stake as the coronavirus continue its unrelenting spread in the U.S. The virus could also prove financially crippling for many individuals. […]


U.S. health system is showing why it’s not ready for a coronavirus pandemic

The growing coronavirus outbreak in the United States revealing serious gaps in the health system’s ability to respond to a major epidemic, forcing hospitals and doctors to improvise emergency plans […]


Older Adults Struggle to Pay Medical Bills Even With Insurance

Many older Americans struggle to pay their medical bills, even with public and private insurance systems in place, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. […]


Medicare for All would provide far more benefits than universal healthcare in other countries

If Bernie Sanders Medicare for All Act were to become law as written, then the U.S. government would cover more services than governments anywhere else in the world. Other countries […]


How Climate Anxiety Is Shaping Family Planning

The notion of forgoing children as a means of fighting global warming is entering the mainstream. Faculty Associate Alison Gemmill is quoted.


Safe place to shoot up? Some say Baltimore needs supervised sites for drug use. Others say that’s insane.

For some, consumption sites are a natural next step, and they’ve drawn high-powered support locally. Others find it tough to wrap their heads around the idea of allowing people to […]


The US fertility rate has hit an all-time low, and delayed childbirth is only partially to blame

American women are having fewer children than ever before, a trend some medical experts have attributed to delayed child rearing. Others disagree and say the drop is due to stifling […]


Rising cost of prescription drugs in the U.S.

The cost of prescription drugs for all kinds of medications is taking a heavy toll on the average American’s wallet, and officials appear divided on how to stop them from […]