April 1, 2025, Interview: "Americans are living longer than ever. And the disparity in overall mortality rates between Black and white…
Permafrost thaw in Alaska is more than an environmental or infrastructure crisis: it is a rapidly escalating public health disaster.…
Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India, is grappling with a maternal and infant health crisis, one that is exacerbated by the…
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March 25, 2025, Paper: "The gaps in absolute life expectancy and age-standardized mortality between Black and White Americans decreased…
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Black Americans have lower wealth, income, and education and higher mortality rates than White Americans, especially during childhood.…
March 2025, Paper: "We measure whether expert patients – those trained as physicians and nurses – have fewer emergency department visits…
From coordinating a COVID-19 pandemic response to expanding universal health coverage, countries have taken a variety of policy approaches…
March 17, 2025, Paper: "In the US, health and health care artificial intelligence (AI) tools grow in a liminal regulatory space. Wedged…
How does globalization influence the spread of infectious diseases, and what insights can we draw from historical pandemics to inform…
As the CEO of nonprofit OpenBiome, Barrett O’Brien is advancing microbiome science and therapeutics to improve health for all.