The best public health books of 2023
A staff selection of this year's must-reads
Policy & Practice
Our top stories of 2023
Our editors pick the best stories we published this year.
Traffic deaths are a public health crisis in the U.S.
“Our roads are built for speed, not safety.”
A roadmap to redeeming public health
Speak with humility, act pragmatically, and other ideas from Sandro Galea's new book.
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.
On the hunt for “The Good Virus”
Tom Ireland's new book explores the promise of phages in an age of antibiotic resistance.
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.
Our next pandemic’s playbook
Monica Gandhi on why our next pandemic response must center harm reduction, equality, and justice.
Vaccine hesitancy spills over to pets
Rabies in humans is vanishingly rare, thanks to vaccine mandates. Canine vaccine hesitancy puts that at risk.