CHICAGO — On an early March day at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the emergency room at the University of Chicago Medical Center teemed with patients. But many weren't there because of the ...

Some parts of the United States acknowledge three levels of trauma centers, while others acknowledge five levels. Level 1 trauma is for the most serious injuries, where trauma is often large and ...

Claire Gillespie is an experienced health and wellness writer. Her work appears across several publications including SELF, Women’s Health, Health, Vice, Headspace, and The Washington Post. Birth ...

Systemic racism and discrimination are forms of systemic oppression found to be root causes of poverty and hunger in the United States. Systemic racism is a form of violence that places or keeps ...

Trauma therapy is a broad term that describes a variety of psychotherapy approaches focused on helping you heal from traumatic experiences. The type of trauma therapy that’s right for you depends on ...

In an earlier post, I talked about child neglect (known as an "act of omission"). On the other end of the spectrum of child abuse is physical abuse, an act of commission. According to U.S. Department ...

That is what trauma surgeon Elizabeth Benjamin calls gun violence in the United States. "There's just too many guns," she said. "Too many people are getting shot, getting injured, and it is a true ...

I never imagined I would be a front-line physician in an infectious disease outbreak as an orthopaedic trauma surgeon. Yet, every day this month, I fastened my worn N95 mask onto the painful, bruised ...