Racism and Public Health

David Carlisle, James E.K. Hildreth, and Michelle Spencer discussing health disparities at the virtual Bloomberg American Health Summit, Nov. 10, 2021.

Public Health Pulls Lessons from Pandemic Discord and Disparities

A Xilotepec cemetery worker in Mexico City prepares to receive corpses of COVID-19 victims. May 8, 2020. Image: Cristopher Rogel Blanquet/Getty

Top Global Health Moments of 2020

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Bloomberg American Health Summit 2020: America’s Reckoning with Public Health

Loyce Pace at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, May 22, 2019. Image: Brian W. Simpson

Loyce Pace’s Path to the Biden-Harris Transition Team

Donald Trump and Joe Biden spar in the first presidential debate. Cleveland, Ohio, September 29, 2020. Image: Scott Olson/Getty

That Was Bad

Donald Trump and Joe Biden spar in the first presidential debate. Cleveland, Ohio, September 29, 2020. Image: Scott Olson/Getty

That Was Bad.

People in Minneapolis attend a candlelight vigil in memory of George Floyd and others on June 7, 2020. Image: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images

The Racism Pandemic: Thoughts from an African Student

Allison Bracy of Fontana hugs her daughter Brielle Bracy, 10, while attending a rally with hundreds of demonstrators to protest the death of George Floyd during the coronavirus pandemic in Riverside, California, June 4, 2020.

Lisa Cooper on Why the Racism Roiling America Is a Public Health Issue

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Baltimore Protesters Weigh the Risks—and Take to the Streets

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Hang on, New Public Health Grads: Strong Long-Term Outlook for Jobs

A member of Stop Killing Us protests 13% increase in Philadelphia’s murder rate during the pandemic. April 21, 2020. Image: Cory Clark/NurPhoto via Getty Images

What’s Behind COVID-19 Violence?

Thanks to development assistance to Uganda’s national response, HIV prevalence in Uganda dropped from 7.3% to 6% between 2011 and 2016. Image: Cynthia Changyit Levin

Cutting Foreign Aid Now Would Be a Bad Move