As we approach the new year, HealthCity is looking back at 2023 and all the stories we shared this year that moved us and our readers. Throughout the year we covered many important moments in health equity and innovation: from the stories of Black fathers who lost...
In 2021, I was the lead author on a paper coining the term “antipoverty medicine.” Our thought was that because of the strong evidence that poverty affects biology, it’s vital to treat it as a true medical concern. As we wrote, poverty is a grave...
For many cash-strapped families, opening investment accounts may not seem practical at first, let alone an effective way to close the racial wealth gap. But they should consider them, and a 529 college savings account is an easy, low-risk first step. To help...
Vaccine hesitancy is a multi-level issue informed by systemic racism, structural barriers, internet disinformation, and personal concerns and fears. We have so much work to do at each of these levels. As a pediatrician, I have noticed clinicians have a real...
For 34-year-old single father José Gonçalves, moving his two young children from Portugal to Boston last year was an extremely stressful endeavor. Juggling parenting responsibilities and confronting a language barrier, the computer science expert wasn’t sure...