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How Weekend Workouts Could Slash Your Risk of Heart Disease

Let’s say you’re busy. Like, really busy. You barely have time to breathe during the week—between work, errands, family, and everything in between. So you hit the gym hard on the weekends, cramming in long runs, bike rides, or HIIT classes. Sound familiar? Congratulations—you might be a Weekend Warrior. And according to a major new […]

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News

Public Health News Round Up, April 25, 2025

Look, if you haven’t been following the news this week, the proposed 2026 HHS budget leaked. It’s not good! You can read all about it here. Here are the topics we have on deck coming up. And, of course, we need to plug that we are 100% self-funded. No grants, no outside capital. Anything you […]

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Health equity

What Happens When a Crisis Shuts Down Witnesses?

When the world shut down in March 2020, something unexpected happened. Calls to the UK’s anti-trafficking helpline didn’t stop—but who was calling changed dramatically. Public reports of suspicious activity fell off a cliff. But self-reports by victims of exploitation? They surged—rising from 7% to 25% in labor cases alone. This dramatic shift reveals not just […]

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Health tips

What Happens When Cities Embrace Night Running?

Did you know exercising after dark can reduce anxiety by up to 30%? While most people think of workouts as a daytime activity, an exciting trend is transforming urban nights into vibrant hubs of health. Welcome to the world of night running and cycling, where health, community, and urban planning collide. Night Fitness: More Than […]

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Wellbeing

What Happens When Public Voices Are Ignored in Health Equity?

Four years after COVID-19 changed everything, we’re still wrestling with a crucial question: Do people trust public health? A recent study examining documents from the federal COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force (HETF) suggests… not nearly enough. And maybe that’s because the government wasn’t really listening. While the pandemic exposed and deepened long-standing inequities—especially among Black, […]

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Society

New Study Reveals 3 Big Myths About Kratom Use

A tea made from leaves. An ancient plant used for energy and pain. A trendy herbal product marketed in wellness stores and gas stations alike. Kratom means different things to different people—but for public health professionals, it may be the next frontier of both hope and harm. With more than two million users in the […]

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Resources

Invasive Strep Doubled in a Decade—Here’s Who’s at Risk

Ten years ago, Group A Streptococcus was mainly something you worried about during flu season—strep throat, maybe scarlet fever. But today, it’s back with a vengeance in a much more dangerous form: invasive group A Streptococcus (GAS). It’s no longer just a nuisance. It’s becoming a public health emergency. Between 2013 and 2022, invasive GAS […]

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News

Public Health News Round Up, April 21, 2025

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Public Health News Round Up, April 18, 2028

Obviously, the big news is the leaked HHS budget. We talked about that yesterday, so you can read at that link to catch up. Here’s some things we have coming up for next week. And don’t forget to subscribe. GOP cuts to Medicaid could threaten rural hospitals Southwest Memorial Hospital, a vital component of both […]

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Health equity

What Happens When MS Progresses? A Hidden Cost Few See Coming

For many people with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS), this shift is more than symbolic—it’s the moment when independence starts to slip away. What follows isn’t just a physical challenge. It’s a financial and emotional landslide that affects families, health systems, and entire communities. A recent study out of Spain puts hard numbers to that […]

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Analytics

Cancel Culture for Science: Explore the Cuts to U.S. Biomedical Research

As of April 2025, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has terminated nearly 800 active research projects. These weren’t failures or frauds—many were top-rated by peer reviewers and were actively making progress on issues such as COVID-19, HIV/AIDS, mental health, and health equity. The reason? Politics. As part of a sweeping realignment of federal […]

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Health tips

Track & Field Beats Yoga for Mental Health

What if your choice of exercise could be the difference between feeling energized or exhausted, upbeat or burned out, healthy or just… hanging on? A new large-scale study from Lithuania tracked over 5,800 adults to find out exactly how different types of physical activity relate to 11 key health indicators—things like stress, depression, sleep, BMI, […]

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