Love Bites
A qualitative study provided insight into the challenges Chagas disease patients face, and lessons for improving screening and care.
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Are You Using Protection?
Sunscreen use among middle and high school students is increasing, but not across all racial and ethnic groups.
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The Health of Wealth
Wealth drives longevity in all age groups, but it becomes more important for living longer the longer we live.
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Desegregation and Cognition
Researchers found that attending segregated schools could be associated with late-life cognitive decline for Black students.
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Not Mint to Be
A simulation study measured the potential impact a ban on menthol cigarettes and vaping products would have on smoking rates.
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Something Lost, Nothing Gained
PHP fellows and editors analyze how the decision to overturn federal abortion protection rolls back reproductive rights and affects health.
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Bella Blue
Public Health Post talks with Bella Blue, a New Orleans sex worker, about the experiences she’s had working in the sex industry for the past 15 years.
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Sex Work is Work
Sex workers ineligible for pandemic unemployment support supported each other via mutual aid, NGOs, and informal assistance.
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Risky Business: Sex Work Amid the Pandemic
Public Health Post introduces a series examining how the criminalization and stigma of sex work affects workers in various sectors of the sex industry.
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Lost Lives, Invisible Deaths
Excess deaths vary by county, and more than 87 percent are attributable to COVID-19.
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