Community & Public Health

In one of the many cruelties of COVID-19, elderly Americans most at risk of dying from the disease are also more likely to experience crushing loneliness and isolation. The stakes go beyond mental health: Loneliness is a predictor of functional decline and death. Isolation was already a growing prob

Much of rural Texas is a maternity care desert with few doctors to deliver babies. In some other states, licensed midwives fill in to handle uncomplicated births. But roadblocks limit their practice here.

Women's and Maternal Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Patient Safety and Ethics