The BPR High School Program invites student writers to research, draft, and edit a college-level opinion article over the course of a semester. Josiah Chu is a high school senior with dual enrollment at Wisconsin Lutheran College. In 1997, Anchalee A...
Dr. Ira Wilson, MD, MSc is a primary care physician, Associate Provost for Academic Space, and current professor in and former chair of the Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice at Brown University’s School of Public Health. He has con...
Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center and Professor of Epidemiology at Brown University, reviews depictions of epidemics in Twilight (2008), The Last of Us (2023), Outbreak (1995), and Contagion (2011), and discusses how they relate to real...
When something in politics sounds too good to be true, that’s probably because it is. But the Colorado Family Planning Initiative might just be an exception to that rule. Started in 2009 with a five-year grant of $23 million from the Susan Thompson...
When something in politics sounds too good to be true, that’s probably because it is. But the Colorado Family Planning Initiative might just be an exception to that rule. Started in 2009 with a five-year grant of $23 million from the Susan Thompson...
On September 29, President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America Cecile Richards testified before a House Oversight Committee regarding a series of videos released at the end of the summer that purported to show the trade of fetal organs fo...
On September 29, President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America Cecile Richards testified before a House Oversight Committee regarding a series of videos released at the end of the summer that purported to show the trade of fetal organs fo...
Nearly three times as many Americans per year are dying from overdoses on painkillers and prescription drugs today than in 2001. Over the 14-year time period, heroin-related deaths have increased fivefold. But the American drug problem doesn’t sto...
Nearly three times as many Americans per year are dying from overdoses on painkillers and prescription drugs today than in 2001. Over the 14-year time period, heroin-related deaths have increased fivefold. But the American drug problem doesn’t sto...
Scheduled to take effect in less than three years, the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) so-called “Cadillac tax” is one of the most hotly-debated healthcare issues among presidential hopefuls and legislators alike. Yet media coverage is slim com...
Scheduled to take effect in less than three years, the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) so-called “Cadillac tax” is one of the most hotly-debated healthcare issues among presidential hopefuls and legislators alike. Yet media coverage is slim com...
It has already been over seven months since the 2016 campaign trail began winding its way through Iowa and New Hampshire, but a long road remains for the candidates. The first primaries are still months ahead, and Election Day is more than a year out...
It has already been over seven months since the 2016 campaign trail began winding its way through Iowa and New Hampshire, but a long road remains for the candidates. The first primaries are still months ahead, and Election Day is more than a year out...
The United States has the highest per-capita spending on health care of any nation in the world, it is home to some of the world’s best hospitals and doctors and is often the origin of cutting-edge medical technology. But millions still don’t hav...
The United States has the highest per-capita spending on health care of any nation in the world, it is home to some of the world’s best hospitals and doctors and is often the origin of cutting-edge medical technology. But millions still don’t hav...
March 2015 marked the fifth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s flagship policy and potentially his enduring legislative legacy. Following the 2012 ruling in NFIB v. Sebelius, proponents of the ACA for the most part believed t...
March 2015 marked the fifth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s flagship policy and potentially his enduring legislative legacy. Following the 2012 ruling in NFIB v. Sebelius, proponents of the ACA for the most part believed t...
In a run-down Los Angeles neighborhood in late January, a homeless veteran struck up a conversation with Robert McDonald, the newly appointed Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA). After learning that the veteran had served in the Special Forces, McDona...
In a run-down Los Angeles neighborhood in late January, a homeless veteran struck up a conversation with Robert McDonald, the newly appointed Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA). After learning that the veteran had served in the Special Forces, McDona...
Two years ago, the United States and the European Union made headlines by announcing new projects to advance the field of neuroscience and offer a comprehensive understanding of the human brain. Like previous government-funded science megaprojects ...
Two years ago, the United States and the European Union made headlines by announcing new projects to advance the field of neuroscience and offer a comprehensive understanding of the human brain. Like previous government-funded science megaprojects ...
In March, the California Transplant Donor Network reported an interesting development: The number of registered organ donors in California has increased by 30 percent so far this year. For a number that rarely changes significantly from year to year,...
In March, the California Transplant Donor Network reported an interesting development: The number of registered organ donors in California has increased by 30 percent so far this year. For a number that rarely changes significantly from year to year,...
Somewhere on almost every bottle of vitamin C or echinacea is the sentence: “This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.” Unlike pharmaceutical drugs, which requ...
Somewhere on almost every bottle of vitamin C or echinacea is the sentence: “This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.” Unlike pharmaceutical drugs, which requ...
Having déjà vu? The Affordable Care Act is once again facing a significant challenge in the Supreme Court this week. The piece of legislation, which has become so much the hallmark of the Obama administration that it is more commonly known as Obama...
Having déjà vu? The Affordable Care Act is once again facing a significant challenge in the Supreme Court this week. The piece of legislation, which has become so much the hallmark of the Obama administration that it is more commonly known as Obama...