Nowhere to go: As psychiatric beds disappear, troubled teens fill ERs Mental health The pandemic has made school discipline more complicated Capital Region high schools could soon let students sleep in A random selection of my published writing: health Scarcity of clinics, Medicaid rules ensure many wind up toothless Oral health Dental orgs oppose measure experts say can bridge oral health gap Albany has resisted fluridation for 70 years. That could soon change. New York reproductive care eroding amid Catholic-secular hospital mergers Dozens of NY maternity wards have closed in 15 years forcing women to travel Reproductive health care Abortion providers brace for 'cascading' impact of Roe reversal health How wastewater surveillance could help New Yorkers live with COVID COVID-19 & Health Upstate New York COVID rates are leading the nation Bill to end religious vaccine exemptions languishes health How New York schools came to be the nation's most racially segregated Schools & Education N.Y. Chancellor: 'CRT not taught in schools' After chancellor's fall, what's next for SUNY? health A message in no bottles: when Hennessy's not behind the bar, some see racism Food & Drink Capital Region school lunchrooms go vegan Cafe At Your Mother-In-Law: home-style foods from Korea, Uzbekistan and beyond health After Buffalo Billion scandal, Cuomo vowed to curb pay-to-play practices. Then he did nothing. Politics & Government New York moves to ban plastic bags Citing distraction, SUNY chancellor resigns