Samantha Menard
Brookline health inspector Samantha Menard has been on the job for about three years, adapting to an often changing local public health role.
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The Devastating Toll of Structural Racism
Structural racism is a root cause of adverse Covid-19 outcomes among older Black and Latinx adults.
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Yo Soy Primero Culebrense
The environmental and social impacts of the US military, hurricanes and tourism on Culebra, a Puerto Rican archipelago, are lasting.
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The Tempe First-Responder Opioid Recovery Project
The Tempe First-Responder Opioid Recovery Project is a police, social service, and researcher collaborative response to the opioid crisis.
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Public Health Post Honors the Life of Founding Editor-in-Chief David Jones
Public Health Post honors the life of founding Editor-in-Chief David Jones.
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School Meals Today: Not the Lunch Trays You Remember
School meals have become healthier in the past 20 years, and studies suggest universal free meal programs are beneficial.
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María Neira, Phuoc Le, Olakunle Alonge, and Helena Legido-Quigley
Public Health Post sat down with Dr. Maria Neira, Director of Public Health, Environment and Social Determinants of Health at the World Health Organization, Dr. Phuoc Le, Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Dr. Olakunle Alonge, Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Helena Legido-Quigley, Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Migration and Health and Associate Professor at Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, to talk about global health and the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Albeliz Santiago-Colón
On the 20th Anniversary of 9/11, Public Health Post sat down with Albeliz Santiago-Colón, a researcher with the World Trade Center Health Program, to learn about the health impacts on survivors and responders of the attacks.
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Roberto Santamaria
Roberto Santamaria is Nantucket’s director of health and human services, a 2011 BUSPH graduate and a newly commissioned member of the first Ready Reserve Corps class, a part of the U.S. Public Health Service.
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Tastes of Tobacco
San Francisco’s flavor ban policy may have inadvertently encouraged traditional cigarette use as a substitution for vape pens and e-cigarettes.
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Superfund Siblings
Researchers compared outcomes between siblings conceived before or during Superfund cleanup to those who were conceived after cleanup was finished.
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Too Hot to Learn
Overheated classrooms negatively impact standardized test scores, and were worse for Black and Hispanic students than white students.
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Destigmatizing Latinx Mental Health
A first-generation immigrant challenges Latinx to talk about mental health and shares her own story.
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