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The Casino in Your Pocket: Why Gambling Is Becoming a Public Health Crisis

September 11, 2026 · 5 min read

Football season is upon us, and with it, non-stop ads for sportsbooks. For much of modern history, gambling required friction. You had to go somewhere. A casino. A racetrack. A convenience store. A bingo hall. Maybe a bookmaker. Even when gambling was legal, it was often bounded by geography, opening hours, social context, and the […]

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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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Health equity

Digital Health, Cancer Triage, and Equity: What This Week’s Research Says About Building Health Systems That Work

Digital health keeps showing up in policy conversations—as a way to improve access, coordination, and efficiency. But this week’s research also reminds us that “digital” is only one piece of a much larger system. Across Medicare primary care spending, cancer triage in primary care, social media communication, and disability and infection prevention barriers, a clear […]

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Global

Urgent Insights into the Global Impact of Snakebite Envenoming

In the sun-parched fields of rural sub-Saharan Africa, a farmer sets out at dawn, oblivious to the hidden danger that lurks just beneath the soil. To many in this region, snakebites are a silent shadow, impacting not only their health but also their livelihoods. The stakes are high, as the deadly consequences of snake envenoming […]

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Analytics

FAIR Health Atlas Reveals Chronic Disease Insights for Policy Action

In a bustling public health department in West Virginia, a group of health workers pored over maps and charts, trying to decide where to focus their next chronic disease intervention program. Faced with limited resources and an urgent need to address rising diabetes rates, they wished for more reliable data to inform their decisions. That’s […]

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Nutrition

Early-Life Sugar Rationing Linked to Lower Aging-Related Diseases

At a local health department meeting, a community outreach worker nervously glances at her presentation notes. She’s here to discuss a persistent problem: rising rates of chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes and heart disease in the community. Unfortunately, these illnesses often trace back to dietary habits established in early life. Her eye catches a […]

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Communication

Addressing Witchcraft Accusations: A New Public Health Challenge

Imagine the tense air within a small community meeting in rural Ghana. The village chief rises to address the crowd, his words weaving through wary glances and whispered worries. They’ve gathered because yet another grandmother has been accused of witchcraft. This isn’t just folklore—it’s a peril that desecrates familial bonds and suppresses community health. Older […]

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Funding

Fungal Diagnostics Gaps in Latin America and the Caribbean

In a small clinic in rural Honduras, a doctor faces a dilemma—treat a young man presenting with severe cough and lethargy without a definitive diagnosis due to a lack of advanced testing tools. This scene reflects a larger systemic problem across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in tackling fungal infections like histoplasmosis and cryptococcosis, […]

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Global

What 4 New Studies Say About Why Health Inequality Persists

This week, public health research offered two big—and very practical—messages. First, understanding illness patterns requires data systems that include everyone, because who gets counted shapes what we think we know. Second, inequality doesn’t just affect outcomes like life expectancy; it also shapes everyday realities such as the ability to work in good health and the […]

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