Freaking Fracking
Living within two kilometers of a fracking site is associated with two to three times greater risk of developing leukemia, according to Pennsylvania data.
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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Pandemic Unemployment Benefits
Unemployment benefits expansion during the COVID-19 pandemic reinforced racial and ethnic disparities.
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Dallas Ducar
Dallas Ducar is president and CEO of a New England non-profit health care organization that provides gender-affirming care.
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Know Your Status
Focus group participants reported stigmatizing behavior about being tested for HIV, and among health care providers when seeking HIV testing.
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Mental Health Impact
Children who experienced a concussion had a 40% greater risk of developing mental health issues over the following decade than children who had sustained an orthopedic injury.
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The High Suicide Rates Among Indigenous Populations
Suicide rates among U.S. Indigenous populations increased by 40% between 2010 and 2020, as shown in a new visualization created by the Center for Antiracist Research.
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Calling Crisis Intervention Teams
Half of U.S. counties did not have access to crisis intervention team services in 2020, highlighting a particular need in rural counties.
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Thanksgiving
Public Health Post wishes our readers a happy Thanksgiving. In lieu of new posts, we invite you to revisit several thoughtful series produced by our student writing fellows.
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Polluted Prisons
Do zip codes with prisons have higher toxic contamination than zip codes without prisons?
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Syringe Programs Reduce Harm in Rural Kentucky
Syringe exchange programs can reduce new infectious disease diagnoses in rural areas, researchers determined from Kentucky Medicaid data.
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The Wisdom of Wastewater
Wastewater sampling studies can detect how contagious a disease is in addition to tracking the presence of virus or bacteria in a community.
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Between the Loads: Health Care at the Laundromat?
New research suggests laundromats could provide a stage for public health interventions.
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Nursing Healthy Eating
Several factors contribute to healthy eating for people who use food banks, and nurses may help navigate barriers.
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