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What Happens When Public Health Becomes All About Medicine?

Suppose a rise in asthma rates plagues your neighborhood. Instead of tackling the mold in public housing or pollution from nearby highways, the health response centers on distributing inhalers and monitoring symptoms. Sound familiar? That’s the dilemma explored in a sweeping new review of how public health has shifted, quietly but decisively, from tackling societal […]

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Health equity

What Happens When Equity Is Left Out of Healthcare Quality?

Picture this: two patients arrive at the emergency room with similar injuries. One receives attentive, timely, comprehensive care. The other experiences delays, fewer pain management options, and less empathy. The hospital reports both cases as “high quality” based on national standards. But something’s clearly wrong. That “something” is equity—or rather, the lack of it. A […]

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Climate

New Study Finds 51% Higher Risk of Suicide with Rising Heat

What if the deadliest consequence of climate change wasn’t heatstroke or flooding, but a silent surge in suicide and anxiety? A new systematic review and meta-analysis dives deep into a grim reality: rising temperatures, polluted air, and desertification aren’t just hurting our lungs or crops—they’re quietly unraveling our mental health. And the risks aren’t equally […]

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News

Public Health News Round Up, June 23, 2025

And yes, it’s hot out. Recent Supreme Court Decisions: Implications for Public Health. In a whirlwind of decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court recently released landmark rulings that touch on pivotal issues such as the rights of retailers under FDA tobacco regulations, standing in clean air cases, and personal jurisdiction in antiterrorism lawsuits. The Court’s interpretations, […]

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Health tips

Heat Wave (Tips for PH people)

Yes, for us in the Northeast US, it is very hot outside. And I know that many people deal with this type of weather all the time (I did go to school in South Carolina, after all). But still, here are several public health recommendations for managing heat waves, based on evidence from public health […]

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News

What’s Next in Public Health? June 20, 2025

Hey, have you been bouncing around the site? We’ve been making a ton of changes. We updating our processes and products to make sure we are able to deliver you the most impactful and most relevant public health news and research. If you haven’t subscribed yet, well, please do! Here’s what we have next week! […]

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Mental health

What Happens When Pilots Suffer in Silence?

On March 24, 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed into the French Alps. The cause? The copilot, struggling with undiagnosed depression, intentionally brought down the plane—killing all 150 people aboard. The tragedy shook aviation to its core and exposed a silent crisis hiding in plain sight: the mental health of pilots. Note: For more on this […]

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Interview

A conversation with Vinu Ilakkuvan

What if the root of our health crises isn’t just personal behavior, but power? Public health leader and changemaker Dr. Vinu Ilakkuvan is reshaping how we talk about health — and who’s really responsible for harming it. Through her new platform, GASLIT, she exposes corporate gaslighting and amplifies community stories of resistance, organizing, and structural […]

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Mental health

New Research Reveals 3 Keys to Preventing Teen Gambling

It starts earlier than you think. A splashy ad during a soccer match. A pop-up promising fast cash. A borrowed phone and a few taps later—boom, they’re in. The latest research out of South Korea uncovers an unsettling trend: a growing number of adolescents are gambling not just occasionally, but problematically. And the path to […]

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News

Unraveling Healthcare, Technology, and Public Reform, June 16, 2025

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