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Public Health News Round Up, May 14, 2025

Make a Difference Immediately—Subscribe and Amplify! Public health urgently needs informed advocates like you. Subscribe for free to our independently-funded weekly newsletter packed with expert insights and actionable opportunities. 🚀 Don’t hesitate! Share today and help us build a healthier, informed future! Children’s health services could see trims even under scaled-back Medicaid cuts Despite backing […]

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Workforce

Only 1 in 9 Social Workers Had Real Support

“You have to put yourself first to be an effective worker.” That might sound like advice from a motivational speaker, but it came straight from a Scottish social worker—one of nine interviewed in a groundbreaking new study on how social workers define, experience, and attempt to implement self-care. The results? Self-care is essential—but often impossible. […]

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Public Health News Round Up, May 12, 2025

One thing we have our eye on is Darth Vought will be taking over DOGE, who is more of the lawful evil type of administrative asshole. We’ll be monitoring it. Act Now—Transform Public Health with Your Support! Subscribe free to This Week in Public Health for weekly, expert-curated insights and actionable updates. As a fully […]

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Public Health News Round Up, May 9, 2025

We try to keep up, but there is a lot of new stuff really fast. Here’s how the science clusters for next week. Be a Changemaker—Support Independent Public Health! Stay informed with the latest developments and actionable strategies. Your free subscription directly supports our self-funded mission to deliver crucial updates weekly. 💡 Every moment counts! […]

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Epi

Why 89% of Pandemic Search Data Predicts Outbreak Trends

You’re at home. You hear someone at work tested positive for COVID-19. Without even thinking, your fingers tap out “COVID symptoms” into the search bar. You’re not alone—millions of others are doing the same. But what if those frantic searches could do more than just offer answers? What if they could help predict the next […]

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Policy

Immigration Policy a Public Health Threat?

What if the next major threat to public health wasn’t a virus—but a policy? Not something spread through the air, but through the pen of a president. Not a biological pathogen, but a political one—fueled by racism, cloaked in bureaucracy, and deadly in its consequences. That’s the argument emerging from a powerful new commentary that […]

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Health equity

What Happens When Land Becomes More Valuable Than Labor?

Why do some societies become deeply unequal, while others stay relatively balanced? For centuries, economists, philosophers, and politicians have wrestled with this question. But new research—spanning over 1,200 archaeological sites worldwide—suggests the answers might be buried in our oldest settlements. A recent study from the Global Dynamics of Inequality (GINI) project found a striking link […]

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Public Health News Round Up, May 7, 2025

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Environment

New Research Reveals 3 Keys to Increasing Campus Vaccination

Vaccines are among the most powerful tools in modern medicine. Yet, what happens when the very population that could lead by example—college students—aren’t convinced to roll up their sleeves? A new global study reveals that fewer than 6 in 10 university students plan to get vaccinated against HPV, and fewer than half intend to get […]

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