Health Inequities
Examining the root causes and solutions to persistent health disparities across different populations.
Color Coding Breast Cancer Outcomes
Hannah Tremont
Oct 23, 2026
Women living in historically redlined neighborhoods experienced poorer breast cancer outcomes than those living in other neighborhoods.
Illuminating the Benefits of Daylight
Rylie Lillibridge
Oct 22, 2026
Frequent exposure to daylight has many health benefits, including boosting mood, lowering dementia risk, and regulating glucose levels.
Death by a Trillion Cuts: The Unraveling of Medicaid
Paul Shafer, Nicole Huberfeld
Oct 21, 2026
Projected cuts to Medicaid funding will create an adversarial process that increases burdens for everyone—enrollees, states, and providers.
Unmet Mental Health Care Needs for Gender-Diverse Adults
Priyanka Athalye
Oct 20, 2026
Gender-diverse adults report more mental distress than their cisgender peers, with 67% citing that they often felt anxious or depressed.
Pauses for Pedestrians
Rylie Lillibridge
Oct 15, 2026
As more cities adopt leading pedestrian intervals at crosswalks, growing evidence shows that pausing traffic for a few seconds saves lives.
The Sound of Survival, and the Silence of Survivorship
Aidan Stotz
Oct 14, 2026
The end of childhood cancer treatment marks the beginning of a lifetime of care and health challenges that largely go unacknowledged.
Is Public Health on the Ballot in the 2026 Midterm Election?
Matt Motta
Oct 13, 2026
A political scientist's perspective on the case for and against the 2026 midterm election as a health policy referendum.
Moving Midstream: A Community Approach to Childhood Obesity Prevention
Monica L. Wang
Oct 9, 2026
The H2GO! program empowers youth to become health messengers in the ongoing fight to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage intake.
Approaching Health Through an Indigenous Lens
Kara Schmidt
Oct 8, 2026
Donald Warne, co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health, on pressing health concerns facing Indigenous populations and his journey to open the first Indigenous-focused school of medicine.