Omicron Should Serve As a Wake-Up Call to the Consequences of Vaccine Inequities

This does not need to be a zero-sum game. We can all do our part to stop the spread of this virus by getting ourselves and our loved ones vaccinated when the opportunity arises. But with that privilege should come the responsibility to advocate for our governments to do the right thing, including releasing advanced purchases they will not need, and donating funds, and excess doses, to the COVAX facilities.

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We Were Lucky Enough to Have Prenatal Care that Saved Our Lives. It Shouldn’t Be About Luck.

The problem is that maternal health care is inequitable. For most, whether you and your child live or die during the birthing process is not about need, or about your right to good health, but about who you are, where you come from and how much money you make.

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The Last Line of Defense Against Forest Destruction

During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments’ failures to address the needs of Indigenous communities revealed significant disparities in their access to healthcare and other services. Increasingly, Indigenous peoples are exposed to the worst effects of climate change, and to violations of their rights to land and resources.

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Respect—and More—for Nursing Home Workers

This past year has been hell for them. COVID-19 has taken the lives of more than 182,000 nursing home residents and workers. Although cases have plunged as vaccination rates have increased, these workers are still coping with grief, trauma, exhaustion and anxiety. Who knows what the long-term effects will be?

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For Tuberculosis in 2020, the Madness Extended Well Past March

For many people in the U.S., there is a desire to return to “normal,” to return to college basketball games and its annual “March Madness.” But in the more impoverished parts of the world, returning to normal includes the perils of TB. If we can figure out the game plan for beating the COVID-19 pandemic in just over a year, it is past time to flex our scientific muscles and vanquish TB.

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Our Families Are Not Alright

We cannot recover as a nation if we do not support our families. The health of our nation depends on the health of our families -- all our families.

Omicron Should Serve As a Wake-Up Call to the Consequences of Vaccine Inequities

We Were Lucky Enough to Have Prenatal Care that Saved Our Lives. It Shouldn’t Be About Luck.

The Last Line of Defense Against Forest Destruction

Respect—and More—for Nursing Home Workers

For Tuberculosis in 2020, the Madness Extended Well Past March

Our Families Are Not Alright

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