Amber Vayo 7/4/24 Amber Vayo 7/4/24

American Democracy, Dirty hands, and potato salad

Amber Vayo 6/27/24 Amber Vayo 6/27/24

Mom Guilt: Summer Edition

When mom guilt meets capitalism, summer vacation gets fun!

Amber Vayo 6/13/24 Amber Vayo 6/13/24

Maternity care deserts: politics, policy, and (Un)Wellness

Maternity Care Deserts are a public health problem compounded by bad policy.

Amber Vayo 6/6/24 Amber Vayo 6/6/24

Guns, Misogyny, and Maternal Mortality: State Sanctioned Violence Against Women

Amber Vayo 5/30/24 Amber Vayo 5/30/24

Maternal Mortality and the Data we don’t have

Amber Vayo 5/24/24 Amber Vayo 5/24/24

Medical Mistrust as a public health problem

This article tells the story of Astrid, one of the many “near misses” in the US maternal mortality crisis and explores how mistrust, fueled by childbirth experiences, could be contributing to the maternal mortality crisis.

Amber Vayo 5/16/24 Amber Vayo 5/16/24

The Streets aren’t paved with Cheese: Trump, Biden, and America

Amber Vayo 5/9/24 Amber Vayo 5/9/24

Less Pavement, More Cows: Notes from a town meeting (and why local politics stink)

Town hall meetings are bastions of local politics, but when personality conflicts get in the way of school budget debates, it’s our kids who pay the price.