“This analysis complicates the simple narrative that men are dying at greater rates of COVID-19 than women,” one Harvard researcher said.
The United States anticipates immunizing most adults by summer. But vaccines are far less available in other countries.
Wendy Chun-Hoon, the new director of the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor, speaks with The 19th about what needs to inform policies during a perilous time for women in the workplace.
Most women are worried about both racial and economic disparities in vaccine rollout, as well as the toll of the pandemic on low-income workers.
The 19th spoke with eight women legislators — who are or have been educators — to discuss their unique perspective on the school reopening debate.
LGBTQ+ people face myriad health disparities that put them at higher risk for complications from the virus. So why don’t we know how COVID has affected them?
In a conversation with The 19th, Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Dr. Anne Zink, chief medical officer, discuss the state’s successful vaccine distribution and concerns about a post-pandemic world.
In a conversation with The 19th, Drs. Rochelle Walensky and Marcella Nunez-Smith discuss the country’s vaccination distribution plan.
A year after the start of the pandemic, women describe their lives on the front lines, the losses they’ve endured and the ways in which they are forever changed.
The study showed women of color ages 15 to 24 were particularly vulnerable.