Prince George’s County leaders tout potential new hospital, women’s health center
The new medical center hopes to address the county’s physician shortage and reduce geographic inequities.
Fentanyl test strips save lives. They must be more accessible at UMD.
The University Health Center’s fentanyl test strips must be easier to obtain.
UMD hosts event covering health inequality and structural racism
The event featured speakers from the University of Maryland Medical System and African American studies department.
Life-saving medical care shouldn’t cost thousands of dollars
Health care shouldn’t be dependent on income.
Pandemic or not, UMD needs to respect its workers
Many staff members put themselves at risk by reporting to work in person during the past academic year. The university should acknowledge that.
Can the College Park community save Cornerstone?
Cornerstone’s GoFundMe can teach us about mutual aid.
With the Affordable Care Act in jeopardy, some UMD students worry they may lose coverage
Under Obamacare, an estimated 2 million young people gained coverage.
COVID-19 has exposed damaging racial health disparities statewide, UMD professors say
The disparity is due to a variety of factors, including higher rates of poverty and lack of access to nutrition, one professor said.
Nursing home residents are often isolated and forgotten by the public. They shouldn’t be.
Nursing homes need to be more closely monitored to ensure uniform, high standards of care.
America’s policy gaps set us up to fail in the wake of coronavirus
Systems of inequity make certain populations more vulnerable to coronavirus.