Author Archives: Noah Smith

The opioid epidemic facing the United States in recent years has not spared children. Between 2010 and 2021, the death toll for adolescent overdose deaths in the United States rose from 518 to 1,146 people, according to a JAMA-published study from last year. UCLA figures showed overdose deaths increased exponentially in 2020 and the first […]

The death toll in Turkey and Syria surpassed 23,000 people on Friday as first responders from around the world continue in their attempts to save lives by finding and rescuing people trapped under collapsed structures. Local reports confirm that the earthquake, in addition to snow, has also interrupted logistical operations, including for emergency and healthcare […]

The death toll continued to grow in Tukey and Syria following yesterday’s early morning 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that struck southeast Turkey, near Gaziantep, and northern Syria. According to government figures from Turkey and Syria, more than 7,800 people have been killed. However, local responders in Turkey fear that many more people may have […]

The cholera outbreak in Syria is ongoing, with more than 35,500 cases across the country, according to the latest report from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on November 15. There have been 92 suspected deaths from cholera since August 25 in Syria. Forty-two of those deaths have occurred in […]

LODZ, Poland — Three days after Russia’s invasion, Zoia, 42, was hiding in a bunker amid an onslaught of Russian missiles. She had hoped to stay in Kyiv, but after eight hours in the shelter, she decided to escape with her five-year-old daughter, 61-year-old mother, ad 14-year-old nephew. They left with nothing, heading towards Poland […]

LODZ, Poland — When Russia invaded Ukraine last February, it did not take Zbigniew Molenda, founder and vice president of Pelion S.A., Poland’s largest healthcare sector business, and his colleagues long to decide whether or not to respond. “This was nothing about business. We didn’t think to help or not; it was so natural. It was […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Before Hurricane Ian, Premier Mobile Health Services, or PMHS, in Fort Myers, Florida, had served over 7,000 patients in 2022 at their physical location and two mobile clinics. Just after the storm passed, Executive Director Nadine “Deanie” Singh and her team were ready to respond but soon learned that all their […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Before Hurricane Ian, Premier Mobile Health Services, or PMHS, in Fort Myers, Florida, had served over 7,000 patients in 2022 at their physical location and two mobile clinics. Just after the storm passed, Executive Director Nadine “Deanie” Singh and her team were ready to respond but soon learned that all their […]

Hurricane Ian neared Category 5 strength earlier today, with winds of over 100 miles per hour off the western coast of Florida. Several Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), which provide primary preventative care to everyone regardless of their ability to pay, sit in Ian’s projected path. Over 1 million patients are currently in Ian’s path. […]

After more than two years of unprecedented challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, U.S. safety net health centers, which serve the nation’s most vulnerable populations, are now facing several of the same pandemic-era problems but with a twist, due to inflation – which is now at its highest level in 40 years. Many community […]