“People forget about the fathers.”
In the barren world of men’s grief, the Sad Dads Club allows fathers to mourn openly.
Front Page
Is bereavement a public health crisis in the U.S.? This advocate thinks so.
Joyal Mulheron believes we need more face time (and less screen time) in the wake of death.
Cities hope adding mental health workers to emergency response will reduce violence
Ryan Levi, a reporter for Tradeoffs, talks about Durham’s HEART program.
To break cycles of trauma, we need family-friendly addiction treatment
The surging number of children of opioid users in foster care is leading to worse health outcomes.
Could the media stop avoiding public health, please?
Politicians are ignoring the greatest public health crisis in a century, and journalists are letting them.
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Environmental Health
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.
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.
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.
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
What’s working in the 19 countries on track to help end AIDS
Lessons from Botswana, Cambodia, Zambia, and Malawi
How the U.S. election has an outsized effect on global reproductive health
U.S. politics harm women by tying health workers’ hands, even in countries where abortion care is legal.
Mpox offers another chance to confront vaccine inequity
Expanding vaccine manufacturing in Africa could address longstanding disease control problems.
Snapshots
Bite-sized views of big ideas in public health
Mental Health
A sound idea
An editorial cartoon by Jenna Luecke
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.
Policy & Practice
Public health vs. politics
Increasingly, people’s health choices align with their political identities rather than medical advice.
Superbugs and hurricanes
Hurricane preparedness needs to account for bacterial threats.
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.
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
Community information exchanges quench health data droughts
Data-sharing models from San Diego and Chicago could provide a roadmap for the rest of the country.
Weaving data into the fabric of public health
The field is finding new and creative approaches to how it uses data.
The path to more equitable AI
Health leaders discuss how to prevent public health haves and have-nots.