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Feb 26, 2024

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…

Doulas Provide a Valuable Service. Medicaid Should Cover it.

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Jan 29, 2024

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…

You Have the Right to Pump Breast Milk At Work

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Sep 14, 2023

In Support of Our Sanitation Workers

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

In Support of Our Sanitation Workers

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Aug 8, 2023

Out of Date Policy Limits Access to Postpartum Sterilization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…

Out of Date Policy Limits Access to Postpartum Sterilization

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Jun 28, 2023

In Australia, Discovering a Different Point of View

By Kyle Beardsley

In Australia, Discovering a Different Point of View

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Apr 5, 2023

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…

Meeting Patients Where They Are

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Dec 6, 2022

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…

In America, Two Pandemics at the Same Time

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Nov 17, 2022

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…

A Letter to the Russian Ministry of Culture

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Nov 15, 2022

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…

Drugs and Young People: An Under-appreNational Emergency

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Sep 29, 2022

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…

In Monkeypox Fight, Healthcare Must Communicate Better, Differently

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