Authored by: Victoria Wroblewski Art by: Jane Wang A single mother, struggling to take care of her children, paying rent and medical bills recently opens her pay check to missing money. She was punished for needing medical care. Is it fair for people to involuntarily lose part of their paycheck for getting sick? Right now, most hospitals or debt collectors in several states across the U.S. can go to court and legally take money directly from someone’s paycheck if they do not

Authored by: Srijita Kommaraju Art by: Kaitlyn Truong Diet culture is advertised as the solution to many chronic health problems, including obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, but a lot of research suggests it can actually increase the rates of chronic disease instead of preventing it. But how can dieting, a phenomenon so glorified in society, actually be harmful to human health? By pushing repeated dieting, glorifying thinness, and normalizing judgment of larger bodies, d

Authored by: Sophie Rinzler Art by: Grace Liu Health policy discourse in the United States has long centered on insurance expansion as the primary mechanism for improving access to care. From the Affordable Care Act to Medicaid expansion initiatives, coverage rates are often treated as the central metric of progress. Yet obtaining insurance does not automatically translate into meaningful access. A growing body of evidence suggests that health insurance literacy – the ability

Authored by: Sasha Zivin Art by: Allison He The Covid-19 pandemic threw the world into chaos as countries endeavored to minimize the effects of the rapidly spreading disease. The chaotic toilet paper raids, lack of quarantine enforcement, and homemade masks as attempts to handle the disease raised debates that the United States did not adequately warn American residents in advance, and thus was not prepared to handle the virus. On the first day of his second presidential term