Health Beyond the Blog: Why It Costs $15,000 to Freeze Your Eggs
A new documentary explores the ethical and financial implications of oocyte preservation – egg freezing.
Mindfulness in Schools: Improving Children’s Mental Health and Learning
Mindfulness education can reduce stress and aid learning in middle and high schools, and may also help lessen the psychological impact of Covid – but it can be costly to implement.
Health Beyond the Blog: A rough week for mask mandates
Vix's podcast "Today, Explained" takes up the changes to federal mask policies.
Down Syndrome: The Effects of an Extra 21st Chromosome
The chromosomal defect known as Down syndrome may have made people who carry it more vulnerable to the worst effects of Covid-19.
Health Beyond the Blog: Period. End of Sentence
In the documentary "Period. End of Sentence," women in a rural Indian village combat menstruation stigma by learning to make and distribute their own sanitary pads, against male opposition.
Health Beyond The Blog: NATAL, the podcast
Photo by Tembinkosi Sikupela on Unsplash (rights-free) The racial disparities in pregnancy and birthing experiences in the US is an urgent and important issue, one that needs to be explored beyond the statistics and numbers. NATAL, a narrative podcast about…
Atlanta: “The Public Health Capital of The World”
Thanks to the presence of the CDC and other agencies, Atlanta is the capital of public health in America – but that position obscures how racism and inequality affected the evolution of public health.
Weekly Health Digest: Abortion Access, CDC Institutional Review, The Loss of a Legend, High C-Section Rates in the South
A summary of health news from this past week. Photo by Myriam Zilles on Unsplash (rights-free) As states move to restrict abortion access, neighboring states prepare for surges in demand By: Tasnim Ahmed, CNN Many Republican-led states have recently passed…
Health Beyond the Blog: Author Q&A Series Features Dr. Emily Willingham
The Health Storytelling series of livestreamed Q&As with authors of provocative new books returns with Dr. Emily Willingham and her new book, The Tailored Brain.
Incarceration, Mortality, Race: Health Impacts of Prison for Black Americans
In the US, unequal incarceration rates exact a cost on Black Americans that have long-lasting health implications.