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New Evidence: Pollution’s Surprising Role in High Blood Pressure

Imagine a nurse in Beijing finishing a long commute on a smog-filled day. Her smartwatch pings: blood pressure 145/92 mm Hg. She eats well, exercises, doesn’t smoke—so why the sudden spike? According to a major 2025 review in Frontiers in Public Health by Li Che and Zilong Wang, her exposure to polluted air may be […]

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Facebook experiment faltering

It’s quite peculiar, but I’ve already been throttled from commenting on certain posts. It doesn’t seem like I’ve been banned, but rate-limited. We’ll keep at it and keep you all updated. Also APHA is coming up , and we are looking forward to lots of conversations about needs, predictions, and yes, how cool The Week […]

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The Gut Microbiome and Long-term Public Health

Public health is not just influenced by present conditions but is significantly impacted by past factors, including medication usage. Recent research shines a light on how medication affects the gut microbiome, potentially shaping health outcomes years later. The link between our gut flora and long-term health is more profound than previously understood, and it underscores […]

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Public Health Impact of Rising E-Cigarette Use Among Youth

In recent years, the increasing popularity of e-cigarettes has become a significant public health concern. The World Health Organization (WHO) has highlighted that over 100 million people, with at least 15 million children, are now using e-cigarettes. This unprecedented rise is fueling a new wave of nicotine addiction, warranting urgent attention from health professionals and […]

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Mental health

The Intersection of Mental Health and Vaccine Trust

Alarming statistics from the United Nations indicate a growing trust crisis impacting vaccine rollouts globally. The report, highlighting the “information and trust crisis” concerning vaccines, poses a significant threat to immunization efforts and the fight against preventable diseases. This trust crisis coexists with another burgeoning issue: mental health, as reported by the UN Secretary-General in […]

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Yes, it feels depressing.

It’s a mess out there and I am extremely worried then destroyed and defunded infrastructure will never come back. So what? Do we look to China or India for science leadership? No slight against them—the actually seem to give a shit? I guess I’m also worried that us community-based researchers are going to fall out. […]

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Why a 3x Smoking Risk Still Looks Like a Decline

Picture a chart: vaping among teens climbing sharply, while smoking drops. To the casual observer—or even to a policymaker under pressure—it might look like good news. Maybe vaping is helping young people quit cigarettes, or keeping them from starting at all. That’s the “displacement effect” story, and it’s a tempting one. But according to new […]

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AI

AI-Powered Antibiotics: Hope Against Superbugs?

Artificial intelligence has taken a significant leap in medicine by designing potent new antibiotics capable of combating drug-resistant bacteria. These AI-designed antibiotics target notorious superbugs such as gonorrhoea and MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) which pose a growing threat worldwide. AI in Antibiotic Development Using advanced generative AI models, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology […]

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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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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

Vaccine Roll-Outs = 60% Mortality Decline

Recent studies have highlighted the incredible impact of vaccination programs in reducing mortality globally. Specifically, these programs have been shown to cut deaths by 60%. Linger on that for a second. Vaccination is really one of the triumphs of public health. This piece takes a deeper look into how vaccine roll-outs have managed to achieve […]

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