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Next Week in Public Health, December 18, 2025

Programming note! We’re not going away for the next two weeks, but like everyone else, we’ll be slowing down a bit. Same cadence, same articles, but we have something special planned for the last two 2025 issues. Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases. Dr. […]

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AI

Urgent Legal Safeguards Needed for the Use of AI in Healthcare

The Accelerated Integration of AI in Healthcare: A Paradigm Shift Healthcare is undergoing a paradigm shift with the accelerated integration of artificial intelligence (AI). Various health systems worldwide are rapidly adopting AI technologies to enhance clinical decisions, diagnostics, and patient outcomes. However, amidst this advancement, a critical need emerges—the establishment of concrete legal safeguards to […]

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AI

Three Ways AI Is About to Change Public Health Work

Public health is moving faster than ever—and AI is now shaping how we lead, learn, and respond. A new Journal of Public Health Management & Practice article lays out what the workforce needs to thrive in the AI era. Here are the top three takeaways you need right now. 1. Leaders Must Talk About AI—Not […]

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AI

A Conversation with Andrea King

At a time when public health agencies are being asked to do more with less, Andrea King is helping them harness the power of artificial intelligence and modern data tools without losing sight of ethics, equity, or real-world impact. Trained as an epidemiologist and data scientist, Andrea leads the PubHealthAI Collaborative Network, a national community […]

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PubTrawlr News

FindGrant.ai is Looking for Beta Testers

For many nonprofits, securing reliable funding is one of the most challenging aspects of their work; this is even more pronounced in the current US sociopolitical climate. Grants are available, but the process of identifying the right funders can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. Databases are often clunky or outdated, funding […]

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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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Policy

Public Health Policy Evaluation with Machine Learning

How do we know if public health policies are truly effective? Whether it’s a campaign to reduce smoking, an initiative to improve maternal health, or a program to curb the spread of infectious diseases, measuring the success of these policies is crucial. Traditionally, policymakers have relied on well-established statistical methods to assess impact, but these […]

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Climate

Building Smarter Cities with AI and Low-Carbon Materials: A Blueprint for Public Health and Sustainability

Imagine walking through a city where the buildings breathe cleaner air, energy flows efficiently, and healthcare feels tailored just for you. This isn’t a sci-fi dream—it’s a vision rooted in emerging technologies that combine artificial intelligence (AI), low-carbon building materials, and smart city design. Recent research reveals that these innovations can revolutionize how we live, […]

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Policy

How Data Science Sheds Light on Public Health Policy Failures

Tmagine is trying to piece together the story of a historic crisis using only a box of unorganized photos. Each image offers a fragment of the story, but connecting the dots seems impossible. This was the challenge researchers faced when they sought to understand the decision-making behind the Flint Water Crisis—a public health disaster that […]

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Health equity

How Racial Bias in Lab Testing Impacts AI in Healthcare

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming healthcare, but what happens when the data feeding these powerful tools carries the weight of systemic inequities? A recent study highlights how racial disparities in emergency department (ED) laboratory testing could reinforce biases in AI models, potentially widening the health equity gap. If you’re working to make healthcare more just, […]

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AI

A [short] conversation with Per Nilsen

Dr. Per Nilsen is a distinguished professor specializing in implementation science, a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field focused on bridging the gap between research and practice. As a member of the Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences at Linköping University, he leads the Division of Society and Health. Dr. Nilsen has been instrumental in developing […]

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