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The Public Health System Nobody Thinks About Until Someone Dies

In the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, trucks carrying bodies moved through Port-au-Prince while rumors of impending disease outbreaks spread almost as quickly as the disaster itself. Officials faced pressure to remove the remains immediately. Families searched desperately for missing loved ones. Public health experts confronted a challenge that had little to do with […]

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News

Rethinking Health Equity through Lifecourse, Technology, and Policy: Insights from Recent Public Health Studies

Public health today faces complex challenges from social determinants rooted in families and communities to the rapid adoption of new technologies and evolving policy landscapes. Recent studies illuminate how early life environments, emerging AI tools, lifestyle behaviors, and targeted policies intersect with health equity, shaping outcomes across the life course. This week’s blog unpacks these […]

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Epi

How AI is Transforming Rabies Diagnostics and Vaccine Monitoring

In a bustling diagnostic lab in Africa, a young technician stares intently at a series of fluorescent images on a computer screen. Despite her training, she knows any mistake in identifying rabies infection could have dire consequences. Rabies hits hardest in Africa and Asia, where limited resources and timely access to post-exposure prophylaxis remain considerable […]

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Policy

Firearm Storage Practices and Healthcare Engagement in the US

At a bustling community health center in rural Virginia, a local nurse catches a rare moment of quiet amidst the daily stream of patients. Her next appointment is with a family keen on maintaining their health. Yet, she wonders how many of the families she doesn’t see are slipping through the cracks—especially those with firearms […]

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Research

Aging and Ankle Mechanics: Uncovering Hidden Challenges in Gait

Imagine an older adult navigating the uneven pavements of an urban neighborhood. Each step is deliberate, a cautious dance between stability and propulsion. This everyday scene highlights a subtle yet profound public health challenge: aging changes how we walk, with implications for health and independence. Understanding the Public Health Problem The ability to walk efficiently […]

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News

Tackling Health Inequities: From Pediatric Surgery Costs to Urban Ecosystems and Business Ownership

Yet even more research has illuminated critical challenges and potential solutions for public health systems worldwide. From the staggering financial burden of pediatric surgery in Nigeria and the persistent threat of pesticide poisoning in China, to widening inequalities in South Korea’s avoidable deaths, and the surprising health impacts of Black business ownership in the US, […]

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Commentary

Can Public Health Become Precise?

In 2003, scientists completed one of the most ambitious research projects in human history: the Human Genome Project. After more than a decade of work and billions of dollars in investment, researchers had produced the first complete map of the human genetic code. The achievement promised nothing less than a revolution in medicine. The vision […]

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Commentary

We Keep Studying Barriers. Why Doesn’t Implementation Get Easier?

Implementation science has become remarkably good at describing why change is difficult. Over the past four decades, researchers have interviewed clinicians, observed organizations, synthesized evidence, developed implementation frameworks, and published hundreds of thousands of papers documenting the obstacles to putting evidence into practice. Leadership matters. Resources matter. Organizational culture matters. Training, workflow, stakeholder engagement, incentives, […]

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Health equity

Addressing the School-to-Suicide Pipeline

In a bustling school district in the heart of the Midwest, a school psychologist sits at her desk, grappling with the alarming rise in suicides among her Black students. She looks over suspension records and recalls how many of these students were formally disciplined just days before they took their own lives. It’s an unsettling […]

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