July 28, 2026 “There are a lot of customs, but traditionally, funerals are multi-day affairs. . . . which sometimes could take one, two or three days,… Read more “Why Caring for the Dead and Aid for the Living Matter: The Ebola Outbreak in the DRC”
Tag: health
Ordinary Necropolitics: Presenting Loss at the 17th International DDD Conference in Utrecht, Netherlands
Date posted: September 19, 2025
The interdisciplinary space of the conference in the Netherlands provided members of the project a chance to present findings, learn from other scholars, and exchange ideas about death, mourning, and memorialization.
“They looked at me as if I knew everything—but I was just trying to survive”
Date Posted: 12 July, 2025.
Egypt confirmed its first case of COVID-19 on Valentine’s Day, 2020. Since then, different measures were actively endorsed to contain the pandemic: schools and universities closed their doors, social distancing became the norm, a nationwide curfew was enforced, and many public hospitals were repurposed to isolation wards. As of July 2025, there are 24,830 recorded deaths in Egypt. Yet, many human rights organizations accuse the Egyptian government of underreporting the real numbers. Still, behind these figures lies a strained health system marked by serious disparities in the distribution of healthcare workers and poor quality of care—particularly in the public health sector.
Vignettes of Time: Reflections on the Week COVID Came to Be with Hanaan and Avery
Date posted: March 14, 2025
For Hanaan, COVID began in December when the news began reporting it, working as a volunteer in the ER and seeing people come in droves, fearing they had contracted this virus. But the world officially ‘ended’ when everything in the United States shut down. For Avery, it was a slow trickle, then all at once with her birthday on the 14th of March in Texas – a state that would become contentious in the debate over covid restrictions that came from the community efforts to stop the spread of the virus.
“All of Us Were Willing to Run into the Fire”
Date Posted: Feb 2, 2025.
An interview with Dr. Ashwin Shankar on Forging Community Bonds and Pediatric Healthcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic
“People want perfect healthcare; not good, perfect”
Date Posted: NOV 11, 2024.
On October 8, 2024, Avery Nennmann and Hanaan Khabir interviewed Dr. Bill Morris on his experiences during the early months of the pandemic for the More than a Healthcare Hero Initiative.
“It Was the Most Stressful Year of My Career. Hands Down.”
Date Posted: Sep 16, 2024
An Interview with Dr. Eileen Gavin on Serving Native Communities During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
“Our Day Was Just Trying to Get Through”
Date Posted: Sep 16, 2024
An Interview with Pulmonologist Corrine Moreland, NP on Caring for the First COVID Patients in Texas.
Pandemic Revisionism and Social Forgetting: Intersections and Reflections
DATE POSTED: May 16, 2024.
Research assistant, Paige Gavin, invited Dr. Nancy Bristow and Dr. Katelyn Jetelina to present their thoughts on this new phase of the pandemic.