Sonam Saxena The killing of Walter Wallace brought home, among other things, the desperate need to reform mental health crisis response programs. Too often, calls to the police end in injury or killing of the person in need. The Washington Post has recorded every fatal shooting by police since 2015. One in five killings are […]
Cross-posted from Penn LDI’s Health Policy$ense Polina Krass, MD As we approach the sixth month of widespread community transmission of COVID-19 in the United States, our focus must shift beyond acute management of disease to the broader effects of this pandemic on health and wellbeing. In particular, it is important that we understand the consequences […]
Molly Candon Health care workers are center stage in this once-in-a-lifetime crisis, and their exposure to COVID-19 is more than just physical. The challenges that come with delivering care to high-risk and highly contagious patients cannot be understated. It’s difficult to track, but CDC reports suggest that upwards of 20% of COVID-19 reported cases are […]