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What Is Microsimulation and How Can It Help Public Health?

In the quest to shape healthier communities, public health professionals rely on more than intuition—they need powerful tools to predict outcomes, test policies, and understand complex systems. One such tool, often operating behind the scenes, is microsimulation modeling. Microsimulation might sound technical, but its core idea is simple and powerful: simulate the lives of individuals—one […]

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Mental health

What Happens When Recovery Homes Run Out of Funding?

Every day, more than 200 people in the U.S. die from an opioid overdose. Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD)—like methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone—save lives. But medication alone isn’t enough. People in recovery also need stable, supportive places to live. That’s where recovery homes come in. These homes, often run on shoestring budgets and sheer […]

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News

Public Health News Update, May 26, 2025

Happy Memorial Day to our U.S. colleagues. It’s kind of hard to be the right* amount of patriotic these days. Stay strong out there peeps. 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 […]

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Commentary

Why Are American Kids Getting Sicker?

Edit: June 2, 2025. And now we learn that many of the citations in this report are fabricated. That is, they don’t exist. Of course. Why RFK is a Broken Clock. More than 40% of kids in the U.S. now have at least one chronic illness. That’s not a typo. According to the “Make Our […]

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Public Health News Roundup, May 23, 2025

MAHA blog coming later today. This science is coming next week. SERPENTINE How Medicaid cuts from Congress could affect every Cook County resident The proposed federal Medicaid cuts could leave Cook County’s public health system, which serves a large low-income and immigrant population, facing a significant budget shortfall, intensifying the pressure on local services and […]

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Uncategorized

What Happens When Seniors Start Gambling More Often?

For another project, we’ve been talking to older adults in community senior centers. The prevalence and diversity of gambling got us thinking, which led to this blog. So, the leading question is this: what if the safest place your mom or grandmother feels she can go… is also where she’s most at risk? Older adults […]

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News

Public Health News Round Up, May 21, 2025

A little late today. Apologies! 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 self-funded platform, your subscription and shares sustain our vital mission. ⚡ Time is critical! Share this blog now and empower others to join our independent […]

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Workforce

Managers Feel Less Belonging When Rules Tighten

“How was your last performance review?” Depending on who you ask, you’ll hear everything from “felt seen” to “felt blindsided.” But a new study suggests that it might not be your manager’s mood—or even your performance—that makes the difference. It’s the structure. Researchers just dropped a two-part investigation into how structured evaluation systems—think clear criteria, […]

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Mental health

What Happens When Recovery Research Goes Unfunded?

In 2024, 30 federal agencies came together to tackle a huge public health question: What do we actually know about recovery from substance use disorder (SUD)?The answer? Not nearly enough—and what we do know is incomplete, underfunded, and dangerously skewed. While millions of Americans are affected by addiction, recovery research still lags far behind studies […]

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