Between Two Lives

Photos by Michelle Frankfurter

Central American migrant children risk everything to escape crushing poverty and violence. On their perilous trek north, they carry only memories and hope for shelter and protection at the journey’s end.

The Golden Age of Gray

By Sue de Pasquale

Old age doesn’t have to be awful. In fact, it wouldn’t take—or cost—much to dramatically improve the prospects for nearly all of us during our senior years. Consider these five simple steps.

One Fresh Cancer Prevention

By Maryalice Yakutchik

Tall, lean, former first baseman Tom Kensler and John Groopman—shorter, broader, former catcher—share their recipe for a 40-year friendship and a broccoli sprout brew that just might stave off cancer.

“Just Do It” Hasn’t Done It

By Bruce Y. Lee

If we know anything for certain, it’s that single, isolated interventions aren’t sustainable fixes for the global obesity epidemic. Solving the problem calls for the transformative approach of systems science.

Hookah Hazards

By Andrew Myers

Waterpipe bars offer the image of hipness and the perception the cooled smoke is somehow safer. New research, however, shows hookah bars are, in fact, less safe than cigarette-smoke-filled establishments.

Stamping Out Tropical Disease

By Salma Warshanna-Sparklin

When Tony Golda merged his passions for stamp collecting and global health, he compiled a remarkably beautiful collection of 904 stamps that yield insights into tropical diseases from around the world.

Regulate E-cigs…. But How?

How should e-cigarettes be regulated? Leading experts in public health—from the Bloomberg School’s Institute for Global Tobacco Control to the American Heart Association—share their ideas.

The Regulation of Intimacy

By Jackie Powder

In America’s “civil rights revolution,” Joanne Rosen finds American law—and its impacts on health—is changing fast. Her Health Policy and Management course on the laws of love had to adapt.