COVID-19 Highlights the Vital Connection Between Food and Health
Together, food insecurity and COVID-19 have proven to be a deadly combination for Black and Brown people.
Social Determinants of Health
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The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected domestic workers, such as home health care workers, house cleaners, and child care workers.
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A focus on immunity as a yardstick for return to work will only serve to widen the gulf of economic inequality in the U.S.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has given renewed importance and urgency to the need for racial and gender diversity in clinical trials.
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Read more: Enforcing Constitutional Commitments to Health and Social Equality in Kenya: A Conversation with Justice Mumbi Ngugi Enforcing Constitutional Commitments to Health and Social Equality in Kenya: A Conversation with Justice Mumbi Ngugi
RecordingEvent Description Mumbi Ngugi is a Judge of the High Court of Kenya who is internationally acclaimed for her role in building Kenya’s jurisprudence on social and economic rights. Since the adoption of the Constitution of 2010, Justice Ngugi has made landmark judgments to uphold its transformative promise, including rulings on the right to health.…
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State and local governments face twin crises: halting the spread of COVID-19 and grappling with the systemic racism of American policing.
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Through social movement advocacy and engagement, BIPOC can create their own narrative of medical need and activism.
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Improving the health of local communities involves rethinking the laws that govern how police interact with the people they serve.
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Read more: Psychedelics Helped Me Reclaim My Life and Push to Change Drug Laws Psychedelics Helped Me Reclaim My Life and Push to Change Drug Laws
I am not the usual protagonist you’d imagine as an advocate for psychedelics. But I had a psychedelic experience that changed my life.
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This digital symposium for the Petrie-Flom Center’s Bill of Health blog explores the role psychedelics may play in America’s future.
