The Humility of Expertise

  Ed note: Today we welcome Junaid Nabi back to the blog. For more about Junaid, please see the bottom of this post. The following is adapted from a speech that was delivered as one of

How coffee shop racism harms black patients

  Ed note: Today we welcome Junaid Nabi back to the blog. For more about Junaid, please see the bottom of this post.   Photo credit: James Motter A couple of weeks ago, two black

Day Zero: The impact of Cape Town’s water shortage on public health

0000-0002-8715-2896 A story that’s been making the rounds recently is the impending water shortage in Cape Town. Multiple years of droughts have resulted in lower and lower water levels in the reservoirs that supply the

Mark Zuckerberg supports universal basic income

0000-0002-8715-2896Last week, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg received an honorary degree from Harvard University. At the commencement, he promoted the idea of a basic income guarantee, joining several other tech leaders in advocating for this idea.

Did a late night TV host just change the US debate about universal health care and medical research?

0000-0002-8715-2896“I have a story to tell about something that happened to our family last week.” With those words, Jimmy Kimmel opened his show. Using a combination of vulnerability and humour, he told us about the

Income inequality and determinants of health in the US

MRI By Avulsionist, http://www.flickr.com/photos/geneticmemories/565630192/0000-0002-8715-2896 A series published in The Lancet recently investigated the effect of income inequality on the health of Americans. While incomes for those in the top have grown, extreme poverty has also grown in the

A coffee, a donut, and a defibrillator

0000-0002-8715-2896Source: A coffee, a donut, and a defibrillator By Leonard Bentley from Iden, East Sussex, UK – Iden, CC BY-SA 2.0 When someone has a heart attack, every minute counts. The American Heart Institute guidelines

Empowering Community Health Workers with Telecommunications Tools: Lessons from the Savar Textile Building Collapse, the Ebola Epidemic, and Everyday Global Health Care Delivery

Telecom-640x3200000-0002-8715-2896Source: Empowering Community Health Workers with Telecommunications Tools: Lessons from the Savar Textile Building Collapse, the Ebola Epidemic, and Everyday Global Health Care Delivery Ed note: Today we welcome Junaid Nabi and Dr. Rhatigan to

Black History Month Sheds a Light on Racism as a Public Health Threat

GettyImages-601801523_facebook-1-690x3200000-0002-8715-2896Source: Black History Month Sheds a Light on Racism as a Public Health Threat Ed note: Today we welcome Halah Flynn to the blog. For more about Halah, please see the bottom of this post.

Some emergency department physicians are three times more likely to prescribe opioids than their peers

2888484547_1ed97a0c92_z0000-0002-8715-2896Source: Some emergency department physicians are three times more likely to prescribe opioids than their peers A study came out last week that compared emergency department physicians on their opioid prescribing patterns. They found that