Health & Wellness

How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu

Amy Maxmen / KFF Health News Dec 20, 2024 By deferring to the farm industry and neglecting the safety of agriculture workers, the government helped set the stage for another pandemic. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

Mpox Offers Another Chance to Confront Vaccine Inequity

Henna Hundal, Oyewale Tomori, Simar Bajaj / Undark Sep 9, 2024 Expanding vaccine manufacturing in Africa could address longstanding problems with access to disease control resources. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

As Cases Rise, COVID Data Quietly Vanishes

Ash Peterson / Prism Aug 7, 2024 Concerned citizens call for more funding after “major blow” to key COVID-19 tracking metric. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Economic Justice

US Puts Millions of Children Back in Poverty

Mark Kreidler / Capital & Main Oct 24, 2023 As spending cuts take priority, the progress made by pandemic relief programs to tackle childhood poverty is eroding. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Social Justice

When a Child Care Center Closes, an Entire Community Is Affected

Chabeli Carrazana / The 19th Sep 2, 2023 The death of a day care: When a child care center closes, an entire community is affected. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Arts & Culture

Peering Into Memory

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Aug 18, 2023 Lucy Kerr’s “Family Portrait” captures the unspoken dread of the early pandemic. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

One Sick Chicken

Michael Balter / Truthdig May 16, 2023 How the poultry industry complicates preparations for an avian flu pandemic. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

COVID, We Hardly Knew Ye

Michael Balter / Truthdig May 6, 2023 The coronavirus emergency is officially over. Now let’s learn the right lessons. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Imagining A New World on the Other Side of the Pandemic

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Coronavirus Reminds Americans That Pursuit of Happiness Is Tied to the Collective Good

Christopher Beem / The Conversation Mar 18, 2020 As the coronavirus spreads far and wide, a political philosopher argues that it is time to understand that the idea of individual happiness does not work without thinking of the larger good. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Inside the Pro-Trump Facebook Group Where First Responders Call Coronavirus a Hoax

Isaac Arnsdorf / ProPublica Mar 17, 2020 In a private Facebook group, firefighters and paramedics shared memes and conspiracy theories doubting the pandemic, raising concerns that they aren’t taking precautions to protect themselves and others. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Black Plague, Spanish Flu, Smallpox: All Hold Lessons for Coronavirus

Truthdig Editors Mar 16, 2020 What the history of pandemics teach us about the current outbreak. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )