Welcome back to Leadlines, a collection of recent articles highlighting topics that are relevant to The Floating Hospital’s mission. We hope it will provide a fuller understanding of the issues that drive our work each day.

This month’s selection is reflective of changes in health policy on a federal level and the challenges our patients face locally regarding poverty trends, homelessness and other socio-economic issues. The city’s mayoral race is also pushing some of these topics to the forefront of news coverage.