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How Do We Move Ahead?

Recent executive changes in federal policy have reshaped the landscape for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, prompting public health organizations to reconsider how best to uphold these principles within the bounds of new directives. Executive orders now emphasize ending “illegal discrimination” and promoting a “merit-based” framework. For public health professionals, this raises the question: […]

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Policy

RFK’s Nomination to HHS: What It Means for Public Health Professionals

President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has sent ripples across the public health community. Kennedy, a prominent anti-vaccine activist and vocal critic of federal health agencies, is poised to oversee a $2 trillion agency that includes the CDC, FDA, and NIH, among […]

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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

Bridging Public Health and Critical Race Theory:

We’ve all seen research and analyses fail to consider the systemic racism and inequities that make health unobtainable in many communities. This is the gap Critical Race Theory (CRT) seeks to bridge in public health education. The Intersection of CRT and Public Health For decades, public health has sought to understand and address health disparities […]

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Policy

Making Research Applicable to Policymakers

As readers know, we are really into policy, so we’re really happy to share some conference proceedings from a group of researchers we really admire. The hook is simple: what if policymakers had the tools and resources to turn the latest studies into transformative policies? This dream of evidence-informed decision-making is closer than ever, yet […]

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Health equity

How Socioeconomic Factors Shape Lifetime Healthcare Costs

Healthcare policy debates often focus on costs, accessibility, and fairness. A new study, leveraging comprehensive data from Denmark, flips the script on a common assumption: that lower-income individuals consistently use more healthcare resources over their lifetime than wealthier individuals. This research reveals a surprising equality in lifetime healthcare expenditures across socioeconomic groups, even in a […]

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Commentary

A Clinical Trial is the Definition of Vaccine Skepticsm.

Next Week in Public Health, December 6, 2024 After a month of discouragement and avoiding the news, I’ve been back at monitoring what’s going on from a policy perspective in the US. Obviously, the big change is the incoming administration and what several, eh, sketchy picks for different agency heads might have for public health. […]

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Research

Reaction to RFK nomination: Not Good!

President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) to head the $1.7 trillion Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has sparked widespread alarm among public health experts. Kennedy, known for his promotion of debunked anti-vaccine claims and skepticism of scientific institutions like the CDC, FDA, and NIH, is being described as […]

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Society

What to Expect from a Trump Presidency in Public Health

As Donald Trump prepares for his second term as President, public health experts are assessing the potential impact of his proposed policies on healthcare access and delivery across the United States. Although healthcare was not a central focus of his campaign, Trump has made several promises and statements that suggest a shift in how the […]

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