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Duke University Opinion and Analysis

Doulas Provide a Valuable Service. Medicaid Should Cover it.

As a Black woman and a medical student, I am frightened and frustrated by stories about the concerns of Black women being dismissed during…

3 min readFeb 26, 2024

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Doulas Provide a Valuable Service. Medicaid Should Cover it.

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Duke University Opinion and Analysis

You Have the Right to Pump Breast Milk At Work

To everyone who thinks they have to stop breastfeeding when they return to work — you don’t. According to the federal PUMP Act, enacted in…

3 min readJan 29, 2024

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You Have the Right to Pump Breast Milk At Work

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In Support of Our Sanitation Workers

The Durham City Council is deeply divided over the demands of our striking sanitation workers.

3 min readSep 14, 2023

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In Support of Our Sanitation Workers

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Out of Date Policy Limits Access to Postpartum Sterilization

I hadn’t recognized her underneath the swelling, bruises, and lacerations. I had been her delivery nurse eight months earlier, when she had…

4 min readAug 8, 2023

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In Australia, Discovering a Different Point of View

By Kyle Beardsley

3 min readJun 28, 2023

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In Australia, Discovering a Different Point of View

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Meeting Patients Where They Are

“Go to the doctor,” we’re told when we get sick. But what about our neighbors who can’t? A growing segment of the United States population…

3 min readApr 5, 2023

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Meeting Patients Where They Are

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Duke University Opinion and Analysis

In America, Two Pandemics at the Same Time

Do we have two pandemics circulating around the world under the same name? Covid-19, which is the name we all recognize, and a twindemic of…

4 min readDec 6, 2022

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In America, Two Pandemics at the Same Time

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A Letter to the Russian Ministry of Culture

Editor’s Note: This appeared originally on Duke professor Carol Apollonio’s blog, ‘Chekhov’s Footprints.’ It is written to the Russian…

2 min readNov 17, 2022

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A Letter to the Russian Ministry of Culture

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Drugs and Young People: An Under-appreNational Emergency

A recent DEA warning about deadly fentanyl-laced rainbow pills that look like candy is another reminder that overdoses are killing our…

3 min readNov 15, 2022

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Drugs and Young People: An Under-appreNational Emergency

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In Monkeypox Fight, Healthcare Must Communicate Better, Differently

In national public health emergencies like monkeypox, our sensitivities around not stigmatizing people can keep us from our goals. We don’t…

4 min readSep 29, 2022

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In Monkeypox Fight, Healthcare Must Communicate Better, Differently

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Duke University Opinion and Analysis

Duke University Opinion and Analysis

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