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Katie Dillon

Katie Dillon is the digital editor of HealthCity.

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A man wearing a purple shirt holds a box of Naloxone (Narcan) Nasal spray.

Mental Health & Addiction

What Is Harm Reduction?

September 21, 2023 | 2 authorsSean Hagan, Katie Dillon

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Finding Joy in Food: How Cooking With Others Can Bolster Recovery

September 14, 2023 | Katie Dillon

A Black woman with long brown hair is seated in a chair and speaking into a microphone. Two women sit to her right and one woman sits to her left. All of them are listening to her speak.

Combatting Racism

Equity Leaders Are Burning Out — So They're Coming Together to Build Resilience

July 6, 2023 | Katie Dillon

A male doctor with brown hair and brown eyes stands with his arms folded in front of the Emergency Department at Boston Medical Center.

Community & Social Health

15 Essential Hospitals Try to Answer, "How Can We Have Healthy, Thriving Communities?"

June 29, 2023 | 2 authorsCaitlin White, Katie Dillon

a black parent and her child are speaking with their healthcare provider. mother and provider are both smiling and looking at each other. the provider has thick, curly hair and tan skin and is wearing scrubs. the mother is wearing a pink jumpsuit

BMC Labor & Delivery Director Testifies on Key Ways to Close Racial Gaps in Maternal Health Outcomes

June 15, 2023 | Katie Dillon

group of young people at a trans rights rally holding gender identity pride flags, as we see their backs

Gender & Sexuality

Why BMC's Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery Just Changed Its Name

May 18, 2023 | Katie Dillon

Two pictures sit side by side. At the left, you have a depiction of pamphlets and other external materials promoting the work of Everyday Boston and Storytelling to Rebuild Medical Trust; on the right you have a photo of the panelists — the man speaking is Black man, and all other panelists are inclined towards him.

Community & Social Health

“There Is Nothing More Powerful Than a Story”: BMC Doc Shares Her Own Legacy of Medical Mistrust

April 25, 2023 | Katie Dillon

Woman in field full of flags to end opiod overdose

Mental Health & Addiction

Community Is Critical in Stemming the Opioid Overdose Crisis

February 9, 2023 | Katie Dillon

Combatting Racism

Black Women Are Bearing the Burden of Abortion Bans

January 24, 2023 | Katie Dillon

A photo collage of the images: A Black male speaker wearing a beanie looking to his right; a Black female doctor with short hair and glasses stands between her colleagues, two white women with their hair tied back into buns look at one another in front of a view of the ocean; a Black woman with short dark hair looks at the camera; a white female doctor with long brown hair is wearing a doctor's coat smiles at the camera while she is at her desk at work.

Community & Social Health

Community-Driven Food Systems Are Key in Tackling Food Insecurity

December 6, 2022 | Katie Dillon

Street doctor Jim O'Connell communicates with a homeless patient

Community & Social Health

What Is a Street Doctor?

November 22, 2022 | Katie Dillon

white man patient meeting with his therapist

Gender & Sexuality

Men Are More Likely to Die by Suicide, but Less Likely To Have Depression Diagnosis

November 17, 2022 | 2 authorsIsabella Bellini, Katie Dillon

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