Substance use and overdose deaths have been front-page news in recent years as the healthcare community works to effectively treat addiction and improve access to services for patients. Although many programs have focused on opioid and alcohol addiction, the use of...
As a physician practicing family medicine, Katherine Gergen Barnett, MD, has seen many young patients brought in by their parents for checkups and preventative care through childhood and early adolescence, only to stop coming for appointments when they hit the high...
Researchers are paying close attention to preconception care, or care that addresses health risks before a woman becomes pregnant, as an approach to reducing racial disparities in pregnancy and birth outcomes. It is well established that mitigating an array of...
As I held her small body in my gloved hands, I tried to take in the preciousness of this moment. Despite standing in the grip of fear of the COVID-19 pandemic, my grin broadened beneath my surgical mask and shield. Standing at a distance was the child’s mother, a...
It’s been one month since 4 million strikers across all 7 continents marched to support global climate action in the Youth Climate Strike. Organized largely through youth-led grassroots movements across the world, the demonstrations were lauded as the biggest...