UC Press Blog

Authors Kathryn Henne and Matt Ventresca explain the larger story of inequality behind today's concussion crisis—and why many more people experience brain injury without the same attention afforded athletes.

We talk with Claudia Agostoni about her "Mexican Studies" article examining the training, work, and qualities of hospital nursing staff in Mexico City during the 1940s and 1950s.

Inspired by the COVID pandemic and his ongoing research on Japanese American history, historian Jonathan van Harmelen investigates the medical history of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II.

Author Glenda M. Flores on the medical school journey of Latina/o physicians.

Author Nicole Karlis discusses her new book "Your Brain on Altruism," and how together we can build a culture of kindness.

In this time of rapid evolution, we offer a thoroughly updated and revised fourth edition of our book, "Public Health Law and Ethics: Power, Duty, Restraint" — defining the fields of public health law and ethics for a new generation.

Most of us are aware of the deep problems in the current US pharmaceutical industry. Yet few may realize that today’s issues stem from changes that occurred centuries ago.

Author Camilo Sanz discusses his book "Cancer Intersections," on access to neoliberal, market-based oncological treatments in Colombia, a country where all patients are legally guaranteed access to medical services.

Unless considerable prisons reforms are made now—like an aggressive 50% reduction in prison population—the next epidemic will provoke calamities similar to COVID-19.

Residential racial segregation is both an economic injustice and a public health hazard. My new book contends that housing insecurity and its health consequences make up key components of an unjust, destructive, and deadly racial order.