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An Important Message from CEO Dave Shaffer: A Call for Expert Mercy
Yesterday Dr. Phuoc Le, Connie Chan, and Brooke Warren wrote about why the current and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic will be felt most acutely by poor, marginalized, and rural communities – both in the United States and around the world. They wrote: Exacerbating this...
COVID-19 Pandemic Puts Rural and Tribal Communities at Great Risk
Authored by Phuoc Le, MD, Connie Chan, and Brooke Warren Since the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, we have been changing our daily lives to protect the highest-risk populations: older adults and people with...
Hiring for Social Medicine Outreach Organizer
We’re excited to announce that we’re hiring for a crucial new position: a Social Medicine Outreach Organizer. PDF version can be found here. About Arc Health: One of the most crucial elements of a strong health system is skilled health staff. Without talented and...
A Missed Opportunity for Universal Healthcare
Authored by Phuoc Le, M.D. and Connie Chan The United States is known for healthcare spending accounting for a large portion of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) without yielding the corresponding health returns. According to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid...
The Legacy of Forced Sterilizations
Authored by Phuoc Le, M.D. and Brooke Warren In the 1970s, Jean Whitehorse, a member of the Navajo Nation, went to a hospital in New Mexico for acute appendicitis. Years later, she found out the procedure performed was not just an appendectomy – she had been...
A System that Fails Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers
Authored by Phuoc Le, M.D., Connie Chan, and Brooke Warren I recently took care of Rosaria[1], a cheerful 60-year-old woman who came in for chronic joint pain. She grew up in rural Mexico, but came to the US thirty years ago to work in the strawberry fields of...
Adverse Childhood Experiences – Crucial Knowledge for More Than Just Pediatricians
Authored by Phuoc Le, M.D. and Brooke Warren As clinicians, we’ve all treated patients whose physical symptoms are, when enough time and space are allowed for patients to share their stories, ultimately found to be manifestations of historical trauma. We typically...
Climate Change is not an “Equal Opportunity” Crisis
Authored by Phuoc Le, M.D. and Sam Aptekar In the last fifteen years, we have witnessed dozens of natural disasters affecting our most vulnerable patients, from post-hurricane victims in Haiti to drought and famine refugees in Malawi. The vast majority of these...
National Indian Health Board Conference Reflections
Authored by: Brooke Warren Last week, I was able to attend the National Indian Health Board’s annual National Conference that took place in Temecula, California this year. The theme was: Health = Sovereignty The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) is a non-profit...
Indigenous Medicine– From Illegal to Integral
Authored by Phuoc Le, M.D. and Brooke Warren In the 2020 Summer Olympics, we will undoubtedly see large, red circles down the arms and backs of many Olympians. These spots are a side-effect of cupping, a treatment originating from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to...
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