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Next Week in Public Health, July 18, 2025

Hello. I know it’s tempting to chase the latest HHS news, and try to unpack what it means (e.g., Top staffers dismissed, the HHS Facebook page is meming Joe Biden? for some reason.) My ongoing theory is that these individuals are primarily seeking to consolidate wealth and power. That’s it. The health angle is merely […]

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Mental health

Rethinking “Psychopathology” for Public Health

Mental health shapes everything—from how we relate to others to how we get through the day. But understanding what qualifies as a mental disorder is not always straightforward. If you’ve ever wondered who decides what’s “normal” or when emotions become diagnosable, you’re not alone. In public health, we often use systems like the DSM (Diagnostic […]

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Health equity

Rethinking Data Through Gender Diamonds and Belonging Spectra

As our digital tools evolve, so must the methods we use to collect and visualize identity data. Two recent contributions in Nightingale, Querying the Quantification of the Queer and Datafying Mixed Social Identities: Nonbinarity as the Complementary of Intersectionality highlight how current systems fall short of capturing the fluid, layered realities of gender and other […]

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Commentary

Requiem for the Memory of a Teacher.

On June 1st, a high school friend forwarded me a letter to the editor that had recently been published in our local paper. The author criticized the paper’s recent treatment of President Trump, contrasting it to how it treated Joe Biden in the 2024 election. It was a fairly typical opinion piece, nothing especially surprising […]

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Health equity

Public Health News Update, July 11, 2025

We tracking some interesting recent research, including one Harry Potter? adjacent study and some work out of China, picking up on the ball where the US Feds threw it away, on health equity research. Here’s what’s coming up next week. Health Law Diagnosed – Best Practices for Communicating with the FDA And some of the […]

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Health equity

How This Supermarket Program Could Catch Diabetes Early

It’s a Sunday afternoon. You stop at the supermarket to grab milk, maybe some snacks. But instead of walking straight to the produce aisle, someone greets you with an unusual question:“Would you like to know your risk for diabetes?” That simple ask changed hundreds of lives in Buffalo, New York. A groundbreaking pilot program, detailed […]

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Health tips

You Could Ingest Over 90,000 Microplastic Particles a Year

Picture this: You’re drinking a bottle of water after a run. Refreshing, right? I do it all the time. Now imagine you’ve just swallowed hundreds of tiny plastic particles—too small to see, but not too small to hurt you. That’s not science fiction. It’s our everyday reality. A groundbreaking 2025 review published in Frontiers in […]

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Collaboration

Most Public Health Programs Ignore These Key Voices

Trust Can’t Be Taught in a Lecture Hall You can’t data-collect your way into someone’s heart. And yet, that’s how most public health programs still train future leaders: enter the community, extract information, exit. But what if real leadership isn’t about mastering statistical software or implementing best practices, but about learning to care? A new […]

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News

This Week In Public Health: Understanding the Rising Threat of Discordant Messages on Vaccinations

In recent times, one of the loudest critiques in public health discourse has centered on vaccine skepticism and misinformation. Conspiracies, misinformation, and disinformation have not only shaped how individuals perceive vaccines but also influenced the formation and enforcement of public health policies. The Landscape of Vaccine Misinformation Vaccine misinformation isn’t new, but its scope has […]

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News

Public Health News Round Up, July 4, 2025

Not a good day! Let me flag a few things we’ve published recently. Destined to Suffer. How Prosperity Theology Is Shaping U.S. Health Policy. There has long been a history in America of bootstraps, Calvinism, and “deserves.” People with good health have been blessed and thus deserve care. People without should bear their cross. And […]

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Health tips

Jason Pierre-Paul’s Firework injury (NSFW)

I just published a blog on the epidemiology of fireworks injuries. But, let’s take a bit more granular to see what one of these injuries looks like. Ten years ago today, July 4, 2015, New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul was setting off fireworks in his neighborhood. One seemed to be a dud, so […]

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