Front Page
It’s not too late for Elon Musk to take Memphis’s environmental health seriously
So far, he’s not doing much more than moving fast and breaking things.
A sound idea
An editorial cartoon by Jenna Luecke
Can a $10 billion climate bond address California’s water contamination problem?
Tucked in the bond on the November ballot is an earmark to improve drinking water quality.
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Environmental Health
Food banks are an unlikely line of defense during heat waves
Food pantries and meals-on-wheels organizations are taking on a new role during climate emergencies.
Climate change bites
An editorial cartoon by Jenna Luecke
Climate change isn’t India’s fault, but it is India’s responsibility
Flaming air conditioners, eggs boiling in the sand, and other signs of deadly heat
Equity
Digital redlining perpetuates health inequity. Here’s how we fix it.
Not all internet service is created equal, especially for marginalized communities.
Black residents in Cancer Alley try what may be a last legal defense to curb toxic pollution
In St. James Parish, Louisiana, a zoning ordinance divides industrial development along racial lines.
A boy’s bicycling death haunts a Black neighborhood. 35 years later, there’s still no sidewalk.
“Local government takes money from the neighborhood but does not invest in it.”
Global Health
Mpox offers another chance to confront vaccine inequity
Expanding vaccine manufacturing in Africa could address longstanding disease control problems.
The battle against tuberculosis will be won or lost in India
Experts say the country could be a model for the world. Instead, its TB fight has floundered.
How Kibera’s water woes vanished into thin air
An aerial piping system brings residents clean, affordable water.
Snapshots
Bite-sized views of big ideas in public health
Mental Health
Post-pandemic paranoia
An editorial cartoon by Jenna Luecke
Social isolation could be a factor in why more older men are dying from extreme heat
U.S. men, who are less likely to have social networks or ask for help, are proving to be more vulnerable to heat-related deaths than women.
One man’s recovery is helping other families through the grief of overdose deaths
“It was like a saving grace to find Levi,” said one woman after her brother’s death from opioids.
Policy & Practice
Universal health care may drive the vote in Puerto Rico
U.S. regulations once undid Puerto Rico’s first pass at universal care. A new political alliance gives it another chance.
Avoiding discussion of vaccine side effects isn’t pro-vaccine. It’s anti-science.
“I wear no tin-foil hat. I’m asking for the ability to officially document what happened to me.”
Poor diets are killing us. Better spending on nutrition research can help.
We need a funding model that allows for high-quality, long-term research.
Reproductive Health
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.
Researchers look closer at the placenta
A better understanding of the placenta may help curb maternal and fetal mortality rates, but progress is slow.
Tech & Innovation
The path to more equitable AI
Health leaders discuss how to prevent public health haves and have-nots.
The cutting edge of CRISPR is in Nigeria
Christian Happi is pioneering a revolutionary approach to fighting disease.
Genomics has broad applications, and for now, broad limitations
A scientist-turned-patient finds that access issues cloud the technology’s potential.