TIME is reporting that the United States does not have enough health care providers and that the problem is worsening. It said Michellene Davis, president and CEO of National Medical Fellowships, writes in a new essay for the publication that one solution is to prevent financial barriers from determining who has the opportunity to become a health care leader.
TIME said Davis's essay highlights the case of Dr. Jonathan Tyes, a first-generation college student and the oldest of 10 siblings who was raised by his grandparents in Cleveland. It said Tyes was a few credits from graduating from Morehouse College when his grandmother died, and that grief and financial hardship threatened to end both his education and his goal of becoming the first physician in his family.
TIME said Tyes spent years rebuilding his path, working throughout school, serving as a community health worker, completing medical mission trips to Ghana and becoming a registered pharmacy technician. It said he eventually entered medical school as a non-traditional student in his mid-thirties, and that financial support from National Medical Fellowships helped him remain enrolled. TIME said Tyes is now an anesthesiology resident at the University of Buffalo while pursuing a master of public health degree at Harvard.
Separately, TIME said Arianna Huffington writes that in the age of artificial intelligence, people should not lose sight of the value of human-generated awe.
TIME also said The Guardian reports that thousands of people in Berlin are "adopting" thirsty street trees with the help of an app, exploring how watering one tree became a joyful form of community care.
In addition, TIME said KFF Health News reports that some states are exploring single-payer, universal health care systems, and that Oregon is the closest to enacting one, according to Markian Hawryluk.