It’s not about you. It’s not about the people who get it and recover. It’s about those with compromised immune systems and the elderly. Those people will suffer and could potentially overwhelm the healthcare system so others won’t be able to get treatment for unrelated illnesses. It’s about PUBLIC health. …

The day I went into the student dean’s office at my medical school to tell her I was pregnant, I felt like I needed to apologize before even walking through the door. When I told her I was not only pregnant, but pregnant with twins, her response to me was…

I don’t think I need to say it, but I will: this time of year sucks if you have Trumpy relatives. …

The social movements today all are fighting for the same thing — fundamental human rights. The right to equal treatment under the law, equal pay for equal work, access to education, access to healthcare, the right to live on a planet that will persist beyond the next generation, the right…

I often think about what if we approached an emergency medical situation that could kill someone the same way we approach social policy that actually is killing people. Say someone comes into the ER having a STEMI, the type of myocardial infarction (heart attack) that can kill you in, well…

I saw a tweet the other morning calling on white women to renounce their dependence on white men as a way to change the power structure in this country. …

Late-Stage Global Capitalism and the Commercial Practices of Fast Fashion and Artisanal/Small-Scale Gold Mining Isn’t it great that here in America we have access to an endless supply of fashionable new clothes and sparkling jewelry that almost everyone can afford? Any one of us can go to our local Walmart…

Making electricity from poop at wastewater treatment plants — Today I took a tour of my local wastewater treatment facility. I recommend everyone does this. Wastewater treatment plants truly are marvels of modern engineering. And you really do need to know what happens to your poop after you flush. …

It was beautiful summer day. I looked out the window to see my daughter happily running around outside with friends. I smiled to myself and went back to my reading. Suddenly, she burst in through the door, face red, lips blue. Immediately thereafter, she flopped down on the floor, flat…