The Roots of an Epidemic
From apartheid labor policies to everyday sexism, socio-political issues influence the spread of TB disease and the effectiveness of health responses. To tackle the epidemic, we need systemic changes.
Fowl Plague
Pandemics have threatened humanity in the past–and avian influenza may well be the next one due.
Disability Futures
We can’t think about the future-of health, of technology, of community-without centering disability; it cuts across every other kind of experience. Disability is central to all of our lives.
Beats: Disability
“Disable” is an active verb, and disability describes the social and environmental barriers that prevent access just as much as an individual body’s physical reality.
Beats: Health
Access to health care is as much a matter of public policy as it is the size of a person’s pocketbook; within a doctor’s office, many factors affect the quality of treatment.
Making the “Time” Episode of How We Got To Now
Steven Johnson explains how the show was put together.
I Tried Dieting With a Chatbot. I Hated It.
“Here I am, inside a chat app, with no agency to ask the most basic questions about how the product works.”