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How mental health system failures are driven by political, social policies
Senior fellow Alicia Ely Yamin explains how mental health systems around the world fail people with psychosocial disabilities for the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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Genetic Literacy Is a Public Health Imperative
We live in an age shaped by genetic biotechnology, yet an alarming number of Americans remain unequipped to understand and apply the basic concepts of genes and heredity.
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Prisons as Incubators of Drug Craving? How Incarceration Worsens Addiction Outcomes
The United States is a global leader in mass incarceration. It holds nearly 2 million Americans in prisons and jails, and it costs a whopping $445 billion annually to do so. About 65 percent of people in American prisons have an active substance use disorder (SUD).
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Medical Education and Health Care in a Just Society
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), representing the president’s administration, has taken aim at three of the nation’s top medical schools.
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Tired of Needing Prior Authorization for Your Prescription? State Legislatures Are Too!
We often think of medical care as between a patient and a doctor. Insurance becomes involved to determine the pricing of that care and whether a procedure or drug is covered.
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Fireside Chat
I. Glenn Cohen and Rochelle Walensky
December 2023
This interview focuses on Dr. Walensky’s career as an infectious disease clinician focused on HIV/AIDS, her experience leading the CDC during COVID-19, and her reflections on public health infrastructure in the United States and internationally.
