Ukraine's economy is enduring its toughest period since the early months of Russia's invasion after sustained air strikes left its power system in tatters as the war enters a fifth year, forcing firms...

At 4 p.m. every day, the Kyiv Independent office goes dark. After hours of working without heating, the electricity disappears too. The generator shuts off for thirty minutes to cool down. Laptop scr...

After I published What Schools Witness When Children Are Taken, I heard from school nurses who recognized the scene immediately. The absence that appears without explanation, without coordination, …

Something is happening. In New Jersey, a grandmother and veteran nurse wrote about standing in line for the polio vaccine as a child and fearing what happens when vaccination rates begin to slip. I…

The Winter 2026 edition of the Grandparents for Vaccines newsletter arrives at a moment when the ground beneath childhood immunizations continues to crumble. Federal rollbacks of long-standing vacc…

When a firearm injury happens, our systems know exactly what to do with the person who was shot.  Stabilize.Operate.Admit.Discharge. What they are far less prepared to do is notice the children who…

A note to readers:This piece is written from my perspective as a nurse and public health advocate. It is grounded in publicly available reporting, video evidence, and professional ethics related …