New frameworks, interdisciplinary collaborations, and models of health care may need to emerge to address the impending “caregiving crisis,” or growing strain on the elder caregiving workforce with our aging population. The medical-legal partnership (MLP) model is one potential approach in addressing elder well-being, health, and the caregiving crisis. Medical […]

The COVID-19 pandemic was a time of turmoil across the nation. During the course of the public health emergency, one unlikely source of controversy: how to provide and pay for COVID-19 tests for uninsured individuals. From February 20, 2020 to June 23, 2022, 912.77 million COVID-19 tests were administered in […]

The United States is facing an attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) crisis with issues arising out of the great demand for first-line pharmacotherapy amid widespread shortages. Concerns about overmedication, particularly in children and young adults, qualify the necessity of strategic industry regulations and practices. Enforcing a balance of proper access and production […]

Miscarriage—pregnancy loss prior to twenty weeks gestation—occurs in as many as one in five known pregnancies. Most of these occur in the first thirteen weeks, with chromosomal abnormalities accounting for nearly half of the miscarriages that occur in the first trimester. Treatment options include expectant management, medication, and surgical intervention, […]

Early in the U.S. AIDS epidemic, government inaction allowed the crisis to escalate, leaving affected communities without support. In response,  AIDS activists organized to force national attention on the epidemic and reshape public awareness, treatment development, and federal policy. The history of AIDS activism demonstrates how marginalized communities can turn […]