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Why Black patients are less likely to get life-saving kidney transplants
Innate bias, residential segregation, and the high cost of donation are all barriers.
The new kind of volunteer firefighter
How a brigade of locals became a key force in helping protect people from the L.A. wildfires
Editorial cartoonists were early U.S. public health advocates
Using caricature and humor to stoke outrage in readers—and change
Death by a thousand “likes”
An editorial cartoon by Natasha Loder
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Environmental Health
The new kind of volunteer firefighter
How a brigade of locals became a key force in helping protect people from the L.A. wildfires
Hope as a catalyst for change in Climate Futures
How public health can move from doomscrolling to action
New year, new world
An editorial cartoon by Jenna Luecke
Equity
Why Black patients are less likely to get life-saving kidney transplants
Innate bias, residential segregation, and the high cost of donation are all barriers.
The neurological impact of being Black in the U.S.
A new theory about how racism may lead to faster aging
Of mice and women
Decades of male-dominated studies leave women at risk.
Global Health
Can traditional medicine help solve Kenya’s diabetes crisis?
The science says yes. Now Kenyan policymakers can provide a model for other low-income countries.
To meet demand, blood donation should not rely solely on volunteers
A misalignment between supply and demand especially hurts people in low-income nations.
What’s working in the 19 countries on track to help end AIDS
Lessons from Botswana, Cambodia, Zambia, and Malawi
Snapshots
Bite-sized views of big ideas in public health
Mental Health
Death by a thousand “likes”
An editorial cartoon by Natasha Loder
Migrant children struggle to express themselves in words. Enter art and play.
Research shows art and play therapy can help children process complex trauma.
Cities hope adding mental health workers to emergency response will reduce violence
Ryan Levi, a reporter for Tradeoffs, talks about Durham’s HEART program.
Policy & Practice
What should happen to doctors who spread misinformation?
So far, medical boards have been hands-off.
Massachusetts tackles flaws that cost lives during the pandemic
“Covid made the case clearly that public health infrastructure is really important.”
Mixed lessons from intentionally infecting people with COVID-19
Challenge trials help researchers study immune responses. Skeptics still doubt the approach is worth the risks.
Reproductive Health
Battling period poverty in Kenya
“This is what you can do with this position, as a woman in power.”
Hispanic women are less likely to get PrEP treatment. A new intervention could change that.
Latinas make up 17 percent of U.S. women, but 21 percent of those living with HIV.
Adopt-A-Mom wants to eliminate pregnancy disparities in North Carolina
The program responds to racial and insurance-based inequities in maternal care in Guilford County.
Tech & Innovation
Editorial cartoonists were early U.S. public health advocates
Using caricature and humor to stoke outrage in readers—and change
Social media is the new public health frontline. Let’s treat it that way.
We must give influencers tools and training to deliver accurate health information.
Health care AI, intended to save money, turns out to require a lot of expensive humans
You need people, and more machines, to make sure the new tools don’t mess up.