Share this on WhatsApp The unequal impact of COVID-19 on the health of certain groups, including Black, Latinx and Native Americans, became clear from the outset of the pandemic. The Navajo Nation, Diné Bikéyah, made headlines throughout May 2020 when its per capita COVID-19 infection rate surpassed that of every U.S. state. But although COVID-19’s […]
Share this on WhatsApp On April 30, 2018, the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano suddenly collapsed—marking the starting point for its largest eruption in at least 200 years. The lava lake inside another crater drained into the ground. Roughly 60,000 earthquakes struck the region. New fissures ripped open along the volcano’s slopes and […]
Share this on WhatsApp Editor’s Note (3/27/23): Today a shooter killed at least six people, including three children, at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tenn. This story from 2022 discusses how firearms have become the leading injury-related cause of death for children in the U.S. For much of the past few decades motor vehicle crashes […]
