Vanessa Brown

US pregnancy and postpartum deaths receive substantial news coverage, and reporting is frequently alarmist. This summer, a LiveScience article claimed that “pregnancy is deadlier in the US than in other wealthy countries.” The article stated that there were...

A visual guide to the war

Affordable childcare has real implications for opportunity and upward mobility, as it directly affects parents’ ability to secure care that fits their families’ needs and, by extension, work and provide for their families. Unfortunately, current childcare policy fails to resolve the root causes of limited supply and rising costs and instead introduces new challenges for children, families, and providers.

"Trump's plan is a disaster from the perspective of cost, incentives, and value neutrality." ~Vanessa Brown Calder

Five intensive care patients died on Friday after an Israeli raid on the largest hospital in southern Gaza cut power and oxygen supplies to the wards, local health officials said. Israel launched its raid on the hospital on Thursday after ordering the evacuation of civilians sheltering at the Nasser hospital and claiming the medical complex in Khan Younis was being used by Hamas. “We are operating in Nasser hospital now,” Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant told reporters in Tel Aviv. “More…

Commenters post their opinions on the walkouts and the UK’s potential ‘summer of discontent’

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

Commenters share their views on being overworked, flexible working and concerns for the wellbeing of medical staff