Even though many attribute the unvaccinated population in the U.S. to COVID vaccine hesitancy, there are also greater systemic barriers...

While we’ve already explored many of the public health implications of incarceration in “Prison: Where Public Health Goes to Die,”...

With new COVID variants on the rise, the importance of coronavirus testing is as important as ever. Even without the pandemic, the...

As discussed in “Emergency! Public Health Edition,” the opioid crisis is a long-running public health emergency that affects the US. What...

Just after the groundbreaking trials for the RSV vaccine, there are already more innovations on the horizon! Only a few days ago, a...

In another exciting innovation for the vaccine world, a new vaccine may be on the way. As news reports revealed just a few days ago, late...

After (or in the midst of) the pandemic, public health and its constituencies have come under major media spotlight. While the most...

As discussed in the other three parts to the “Race in Science” series, there exists structural discrimination against people of color in...

Vaccines and diplomacy--two concepts that seem fairly dissimilar, but are in fact often paired together in spectacular global feats....

Mass Incarceration in the U.S. Around the globe, every country has its superlatives. Some countries house the greatest winter athletes,...

As life during the pandemic has come to teach us, COVID-19 often evolves into several different “variants.” These variants--Omicron,...

Because vaccine inequities have appeared along racial lines inside the United States, it’s unfortunately unsurprising that global vaccine...

Other aspects of modern medicine and health care are inseparable from race are mental health diagnoses and treatment. Several racial...

While the term “colonial medicine” describes the field of study investigating the history of 19-20th century health care, medicine and...

What is intersectionality? Just as race and medicine share a complicated relationship, so too do gender and health. As the title of this...

A Quick Note... Before we begin delving into the complicated relationship between race and science in historical and modern America, we...

As important as vaccinations are to ensure community health, there are often inequities in their distribution, as has been magnified by...

Vaccines, just like many other products in the United States, are subject to rigorous testing and approval procedures before they are...

In a post-pandemic world, the term “public health” seems to be everywhere. Does the field cover simply mask mandates and vaccination...

The future of vaccination might be upon us! Let us introduce you to the nasal vaccination! What is nasal vaccination? Nasal vaccines...