The Global Health Security Index (GHSI), published in 2019, ranked the United States first among nations in its pandemic preparedness. This paper uses the GHSI framework to explore how systemic racism resulted United State's failure to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic adequately.
Read MoreAn ongoing public health crisis results from lack of access to abortion care in the United States, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing inequities in access to abortion care. In contrast, the COVID-19 pandemic has also seen a plethora of telehealth innovations, including telemedicine abortion services, that may become an integral part of care after the pandemic. However, telemedicine abortion can only become standard care with substantial policy change at both the state and federal levels.
Read MoreThe United States’ long history of legislation restricting access to comprehensive health insurance, labor protections, and economic opportunities for immigrants set the stage for disproportionate morbidity and mortality during COVID-19. If we continue to erect and fortify policy barriers to the equitable distribution of healthcare and economic opportunities, the impact of COVID-19 will remain disproportionately experienced by our immigrant neighbors, colleagues, and friends.
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