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.
Medicare For All Who Want It will keep union workers fighting for healthcare
Buttigieg’s healthcare plan isn't about worker choice but employer power.
Twitter’s political ads ban is the wrong way to go after misinformation online
Banning all political ads on Twitter won't solve social media's shortcomings.
Healthcare in the U.S. is inefficient because of wasteful spending
Wasteful spending is driving an unnecessarily expensive healthcare system.
Hundreds wait in sprawling lines at UMD for free dental care clinic
Some pitched tents to wait Thursday night, through the rain, to be treated on Friday.
Andrew Yang’s universal basic income isn’t worth the cost
Andrew Yang has helped popularize a universal basic income, but his plan is dubious.
Big Pharma needs to be better regulated. This Maryland bill would be a good start.
Maryland's proposed pharmaceutical regulation would be a step in the right direction.