In the Appalachian Mountains, early settlers did not usually have access to medical assistance from trained physicians or nurses. Instead, mountain settlers invented a workaround: they learned to cure…
Due to their concerns about the kind of health care provided, a committed union of interns and residents at Cook County Hospital, Chicago's only public hospital, are forced to strike for better…
La Operación exposes forced sterilization in Puerto Rico, which has the world’s highest rate of female sterilization. Over one-third of Puerto Rico’s women of childbearing age have been sterilized in…
Since its 1991 inception, Prevention Point Philadelphia has illegally conducted syringe exchanges, a safer alternative to the war on drugs. To the Point documents this program committed to protecting…
Body Publics focuses on controversial issues surrounding public health and sexualities. It exposes the ailments from within and the diseases from the outside. These works unpack how access or lack of…
