Single Payer Health Care is Having its Moment, One Vaccine at a Time

The COVID-19 vaccination program is giving many Americans their first glimpse of an alternative to our current health care system.  The horror stories we’ve grown used to—uninsured and underinsured Americans dying because they cannot afford life-sustaining...
Public health seeks steady funding, not feast or famine

Public health seeks steady funding, not feast or famine

Public health officials, used to juggling bare-bones budgets, worry the money will dry up as the pandemic recedes, continuing a boom-bust funding cycle that has plagued the U.S. public health system for decades. They fear they’ll be back to scraping together money...
Has the Era of Overzealous Cleaning Finally Come to an End?

Has the Era of Overzealous Cleaning Finally Come to an End?

When the coronavirus began to spread in the United States last spring, many experts warned of the danger posed by surfaces. Researchers reported that the virus could survive for days on plastic or stainless steel, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
New Research Unmasks Impact of COVID on New Jersey Municipalities

New Research Unmasks Impact of COVID on New Jersey Municipalities

A new report issued by the Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs at Rutgers University–Camden unmasks the broad, regional impact of COVID-19 upon New Jersey municipalities during two waves in 2020. The report, “Municipal Variations in COVID-19 Case Rates in...