fb-pixel

PUBLIC HEALTH

Choosing, using, and losing your health care: A policy first-aid kit

In a four-part weekly series, Globe Opinion offers a baseline assessment of health care as well as prescriptions for fixing the industry.

LETTERS
A tragic and fearsome anniversary
The memory of the terrifying harm we inflicted on hundreds of thousands of civilians at Hiroshima and Nagasaki should lead us to dismantle our nuclear architecture.

LETTERS
The maskless among us
When it comes to wearing face coverings to protect against COVID-19, there are no rules.

Jennifer Nuzzo
As bad as the spread of the coronavirus is, there’s reason to believe it will get worse
As bad as the spread of the coronavirus is in the United States is right now, it will likely get worse. But whether it will get better is by no means certain.

LETTERS
The long-term effects on school-age children are unknown
We do not know the full impact of COVID-19 disease on the developing brain or psychological growth.

LETTERS
We can fly — but where to?
In the midst of quarantines, destinations are hard to find.

LETTERSTravelers can’t get around quarantine
How can you get a test 72 hours before entering the state when results take from seven to 10 days?

LETTERS
Reboot education for the long haul
This isn't an emergency anymore — it's a long-term reality.

Scot Lehigh
US suffers more from the pandemic because Trump and his gubernatorial allies failed
Some responsibility extends to those who voted for him in 2016.

LETTERS
Would schools fare better than MLB in pandemic?
Baseball teams are the canaries in a coal mine.

Simon Johnson, Sanjat Kanjilal, and Larissa Lucas
The coronavirus quarantine problem for travelers and nursing homes
We can't prevent all COVID-19 transmissions, but we can leverage the hard-won knowledge we've gained over recent months to prevent the disease from again getting out of control.