Ancient American Indian Burning Practices Can Reduce Risk Of Massive Wildfires

We Must Burn The West To Save It by Umair Irfan.  Vox.  July 13, 2021.   

Gender Identity And Why American Parents Are Obsessed With It

 How American Parents Became Obsessed With Gender by Amanda Montel.  Vox.  July 11, 2021.  

Tattoos Across Cultures: Connections With Health, Healing Ancestors, and Cultural Heritage

 Inked Mummies, Linking Tattoo Artists With Their Ancestors by Krista Langlois.  The New York Times. July 5, 2021.  

35% Of Americans Say They Won't Get Vaccinated When A Vaccine Comes Available

Poll:  A Third Of Country Says It Won't Get Vaccinated by Dominico Montanaro.  NPR.  August 14, 2020.

United States Stands Alone Among Affluent Nations In Coronavirus Failure

The Unique U.S. Failure To Control The Virus by David Leonhardt/Graphics--Lauren Leatherby.  The New York Times.  August 6, 2020.

The State Of The American Pandemic: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

A Viral Epidemic Splintering Into Deadly Pieces by Donald G. McNeil Jr.  The New York Times.  July 29, 2020,

Fauci: Pervasive "Anti-Science Bias" May Lead Many Americans To Disregard Public Health Experts

Fauci Blames 'Anti-Science Bias' For People Not Following COVID-19 Rules by Aila Slisco.  Newsweek.  June 18, 2020.

Innovative Sex/Dating During The Pandemic

Masks, No Kissing And "A Little Kinky':  Dating And Sex In A Pandemic by Tara Parker-Pope.  The New York Times.  June 11, 2020.

Pandemics Are Ripe Moments For Cross-Cultural Learning: Will America Learn From Others?

Why America Resists Learning From Other Countries by Uri Friedman.  The Atlantic.  May 14, 2020.  

Panoply Of Doomsday Scenarios Thrive During Coronavirus Pandemic

Coronavirus Is Bringing A Plague Of Dangerous Doomsday Predictions by John Blake.  CNN.  March 22, 2020.

Living In A Plague Is Just An Intensified Way Of Living

How To Survive A Plague by Andrew Sullivan.  New Yorker.  March 20, 2020.

Racial Bias Still Affects Many Aspects Of Health Care; Lack Of Trust Is Key

Race And Medicine:  The Harm That Comes From Mistrust by Austin Frakt.  The New York Times.  January 13, 2020.

Teaching Nutrition As Intersection Of Culture, Environment, And Farming

Teaching Teens To See Eating As Part Of The Natural World by Richard Schiffman.  The New York Times.  December 17, 2019.

Women At Medical School Find Microaggressions Common

Microaggressions In Medicine by VJ Periyakoil, M.D.  The New York Times.  October 31, 2019.

How Anti-Vaccine Sentiment Took Hold In The United States

How Anti-Vaccine Sentiment Took Hold In The United States by Jan Hoffman.  The New York Times.  September 23, 2019.

Major Global Survey Tracks Attitudes To Religion and Vaccine Refusal

Religion And Vaccine Refusal  Are Linked.  We Have To Talk About It.  Julia Belluz.  Vox.  June 19, 2019.

New Book Focuses On Social And Political Underpinnings Of Health

'Well' Explores The Social And Political Underpinnings Of Health by Stephanie O'Neill.  NPR.  June 4, 2019.

New York Confronts Worst Measles Outbreak In Decades

New York Confronts Its Worst Measles Outbreak In Decades by Sharon Otterman.  The New York Times.  January 17, 2019. 

Cultural Blindspots In The Diagnosis Of Mental Illness

How Culture Shapes Your Mind--And Your Mental Illness by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie.  Boston Globe.  November 28, 2018. 

As U.S. Suicide Rates Rise, Hispanics Show Relative Immunity

As U.S. Suicide Rates Rise, Hispanics Show Relative Immunity by Charlotte Huff.  Kaiser Health News.  October 15, 2018.