Poor neighborhoods, health care barriers are factors for heart disease risk in Black mothers

Communities with unstable housing, food deserts and less access to health care contribute to the problem.

Curisa M. Tucker, Assistant Professor of Nursing Science, University of South Carolina • conversation
March 24, 2025 ~4 min

A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net

Left out of FDR’s New Deal, the health insurance program for the poor was finally established in 1965.

Ben Zdencanovic, Postdoctoral Associate in History and Policy, University of California, Los Angeles • conversation
March 18, 2025 ~11 min


5 years of COVID-19 underscore value of coordinated efforts to manage disease – while CDC, NIH and WHO face threats to their ability to respond to a crisis

More than a century ago, the US learned what happens when there is no national response to a major health crisis.

Katherine A. Foss, Professor of Media Studies, Middle Tennessee State University • conversation
March 11, 2025 ~11 min

Life-changing brain tech, but with a chilling caveat

Fellow’s paper draws from history to urge caution on brain-computer interfaces

Harvard Gazette • harvard
March 10, 2025 ~6 min

Can deep learning transform heart failure prevention?

A deep neural network called CHAIS may soon replace invasive procedures like catheterization as the new gold standard for monitoring heart health.

Alex Ouyang | Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health • mit
Feb. 10, 2025 ~8 min

3 ways the Trump administration could reinvest in rural America’s future

Access to health care is a big one as rural hospitals close. Two researchers who focus on rural issue explain how the federal government could help.

Cody Mullen, Clinical Professor of Public Health, Purdue University • conversation
Feb. 3, 2025 ~10 min

3 things rural America needs from the Trump administration

Access to health care is a big one as rural hospitals close. Two researchers who focus on rural issue explain how the federal government could help.

Cody Mullen, Clinical Professor of Public Health, Purdue University • conversation
Feb. 3, 2025 ~10 min

3 ways the Trump administration could reinvest in rural America’s future, starting with health care

Affordable housing is a challenge for rural America, too.

Cody Mullen, Clinical Professor of Public Health, Purdue University • conversation
Feb. 3, 2025 ~10 min


Is this the new playbook for curing rare childhood diseases?

When his son received a devastating diagnosis, Fernando Goldsztein MBA ’03 founded an initiative to help him and others.

Danna Lorch | MIT Sloan School of Management • mit
Jan. 24, 2025 ~9 min

5 of the most frustrating health insurer tactics and why they exist

The murder of a health care insurance executive has brought scrutiny to the ways that insurance companies can make it difficult for insured patients to get the care they need.

Paul Shafer, Assistant Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University • conversation
Dec. 16, 2024 ~11 min

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