Racism produces subtle brain changes that lead to increased disease risk in Black populations

Racial threats and slights take a toll on health, but the continual invalidation and questioning of whether those so-called microaggressions exist has an even more insidious effect, research shows.

Nathaniel Harnett, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School • conversation
Dec. 15, 2023 • ~8 min

Gaza's next tragedy: Disease risk spreads amid overcrowded shelters, dirty water and breakdown of basic sanitation

High levels of diarrhea, scabies and respiratory infections have been reported as bombing campaign progresses – and children are the most vulnerable.

Yara M. Asi, Assistant Professor of Global Health Management and Informatics, University of Central Florida • conversation
Nov. 21, 2023 • ~9 min

Global diabetes cases on pace to soar to 1.3 billion people in the next 3 decades, new study finds

Diabetes rates across the world have been rising steadily since the early 1990s, when this data was first estimated. That trend is only going up.

Liane Ong, Lead Research Scientist at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington • conversation
July 19, 2023 • ~6 min

Coronavirus: who is at risk and how do we know?

The risks to individuals vary hugely with age.

Beate Kampmann, Director of The Vaccine Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine • conversation
March 12, 2020 • ~8 min

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