Webinars with experts on COVID-19; raising alarms about the criminal justice system; TV dramas donate medical equipment to hospitals; and the pandemic's effect on the black community is compared to HIV.
The Winter 2020 issue of the newsletter spotlights the premiere of "Getting Bombed," a YouTube series that delivers a tipsy take each week on sobering nuclear and security topics; a sneak peek at our upcoming panel discussion on the criminal justice system; a look at what the landmark Roe v. Wade decision is really all about; and so much more.
We’re excited to share this new format for the Hollywood, Health & Society newsletter, a quarterly that will include events (both recent and upcoming), videos, research, and other posts that will keep you up to date on the work HH&S has been doing. We hope you like it.
The Spring 2018 newsletter features stories about a geriatrician who builds homes for older adults; why young people are especially at risk for HIV; U.S. military space systems vulnerable to attacks (cyber and otherwise); and genetic testing with its troubling implications when it comes to screening for disorders and disabilities in embryos.
The Spring 2017 Real to Reel spotlights stories about depression and pregnancy, a genetic link that might hold the key to ending the opioid epidemic, the U.S. nuclear command-and-control center at Cheyenne Mountain, and a Southern Christian doctor who believes the abortions he provides are rooted in justice.
In the Fall 2016 Real to Reel, we spotlight stories about nuclear scenarios that offer hope amid the darkness, the 20-week abortion clock, Diana Nyad's quest to swim from Cuba to Florida at 64, and the infamous Tuskegee Study's toll on African Americans' health and participation in the healthcare system.
The Summer 2016 Real to Reel newsletter spotlights stories about why many abortion clinics close their doors; the remnants of a long-abandoned Army base in Greenland slowly being revealed by melting ice; and a 90-year-old man building a cathedral by hand almost entirely by himself.
The Spring 2016 Real to Reel newsletter features stories about the arrival of the Zika virus in the U.S.; a student who led efforts to stop construction of an incinerator; a town’s struggle with a drug and HIV epidemic (pictured); and a motley crew of retired criminals who pulled off one last daring heist.
The Fall 2015 Real to Reel newsletter spotlights stories about poverty and its impact on health, Exxon's own revealing climate research, baby boomers remaking retirement, children born with HIV, and Texas women ending pregnancies on their own.