At COP28, health should be as important as carbon emissions
Climate change deepens existing inequities. Fixing that should be a top priority.
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A roadmap to redeeming public health
Speak with humility, act pragmatically, and other ideas from Sandro Galea’s new book.
World leaders must fulfill their promises for TB funding
For the first time in decades, tuberculosis is on the rise. Governments must mobilize the funds they’ve already committed for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
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A famous cancer cluster, 10 years later
“We don’t have to have perfect certainty in order to have useful information.”
Making transplants more equitable
New regulations can help remove bias.
Birth control has access challenges, too
A close-up look at the Biden administration’s partner in expanding contraceptive access
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Policy & Practice
Teens need more sleep. Why don’t we start school later?
Sleep deprivation in teens is linked to mental health struggles, poor grades, traffic accidents, and more.
Tackling problem gambling from inside the casino
The GameSense program “meets people where they’re at, and where they’re gambling.”
Living with diabetes and without health insurance
Access to affordable health care can mean the difference between managing diabetes well or suffering its most debilitating outcomes.
Global Health
In India, a doubly neglected tropical disease
The parasitic disease kala-azar, or black fever, may lead to a secondary illness, which can spark new infections.
Good nutrition is key to fight against tuberculosis
In a new study, patients with TB who gained weight in the first two months of treatment cut their mortality risk by 60 percent.
Edna Adan Ismail: Opening doors—and minds
Edna Adan Ismail has broken molds and built institutions. She hopes her example will be one that inspires women across Africa.
Fall Issue 2023
On reinventing Medicaid, using social media for good, and South Africa's path to universal health care
Books
The false narrative of coping with toxic stress
“If you’re Black, working hard and playing by the rules can be part of what kills you.”
On the hunt for “The Good Virus”
Tom Ireland’s new book explores the promise of phages in an age of antibiotic resistance.
How to get unlonely
Loneliness can have a devastating effect on our physical and mental health. Jeremy Nobel wants to fix it.
“Ultra-Processed People” hopes to disgust Americans into dumping poor diets
British physician Chris van Tulleken argues ultra-processed foods have negative long-term effects on our health.
A fungal pandemic won’t be “The Last of Us,” but it will be dangerous
We live in harmony with most fungi, but a small minority threaten human and environmental health.
Equity
Data availability is social justice
Prison data on the pandemic shows how data science can address health inequities.
Tackling environmental racism in Canada
A conversation with the filmmaker and author behind the documentary “There’s Something in the Water”
California takes a major step toward universal coverage
California is about to give insurance coverage to every low-income resident, documented or not.
Disease
Vaccine hesitancy spills over to pets
Rabies in humans is vanishingly rare, thanks to vaccine mandates. Canine vaccine hesitancy puts that at risk.
Vaccines: a victory and a failure
Despite being one of our most impactful public health tools, vaccines continue to be pilloried in the public square.
We can’t let misinformation kill the new Lyme disease vaccine
Efforts to improve public trust in a future Lyme vaccine, and in all vaccines, must begin now.