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Can America’s Public Health System Survive the Next 3.5 Years?

August 28, 2025 · 5 min read

Recent leadership upheavals, budget cuts, and shrinking programs are reshaping the nation’s approach to preparing for health crises and managing chronic diseases. The next few years will depend heavily on politics, funding, and the balance between federal and state roles. The Current Trajectory (2025–2027) 1. A smaller, more politicized federal center. The removal of CDC […]

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Wellbeing

Are Vaccines Too Expensive to Save Lives?

A century ago, public health was a community project. Governments and public institutions developed vaccines, distributed them, and measured success not by revenue but by lives saved. Today, vaccine development is faster, smarter, and largely private—but the economics driving it may be failing the very people vaccines are meant to protect. A 2025 opinion article […]

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News

Next Week in Public Health, November 6, 2025

We met many interesting people earlier this week at APHA while working with WE in the World. If you hop over to our blog page, you can see a bunch of the recaps that we wrote and a special article about how AI is being used to combat misinformation. Here’s what else is rising in […]

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Health equity

What’s Blocking Mexico’s Push for Teen Mental Health

In a small rural clinic in Chiapas, a 17-year-old girl sits with her mother, explaining that she hasn’t slept well in weeks. She’s been anxious, skipping school, and sometimes thinks about ending her life. The nurse listening to her story has compassion—but not the tools, training, or referral network to help.Scenes like this are becoming […]

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Mental health

How a Pittsburgh Program Cuts Overdose Risk by 99%

When Marcus left the Allegheny County Jail, he had nothing—no ID, no insurance, no medication for his opioid use disorder. What he did have was a phone number handed to him before release. He called it the next morning. Within hours, he was speaking to a doctor, receiving a prescription for buprenorphine, and setting up […]

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Global

How Gaza’s Doctors Are Holding the Line Against Collapse

In the fall of 2023, ambulances in Gaza began arriving not at hospitals—but at rubble. With more than 1,000 documented attacks on health facilities and the deaths of over 500 medical personnel, the war has transformed the act of healing into an act of survival. A new Frontiers in Public Health report by Deema Al […]

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Global

Why Immigration Detention Hurts Minds and Bodies

On paper, immigration detention is about border control. In practice, it’s a public health emergency.A new systematic review in PLOS Global Public Health brings human voices to a global problem: how detention erodes the physical and mental health of asylum seekers and refugees long after they’re released. Drawing on 20 qualitative studies across seven countries, […]

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