A Noxious Problem
Smog in cities and smoke in the home cause a huge range of short- and long-term health conditions. Why is the world’s biggest public health crisis only getting worse?
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.
The Schedule and the Stream
Despite the utopian promises of early pioneers, public spaces do not organically emerge from new technologies.
Your Great-Grandson’s Genetic Privacy
You might not worry about your genetic information being exposed. But are you willing to make that choice for your descendants?