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Increased funding for local health is essential for future public health preparedness and improving health equity within Massachusetts.

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Researchers’ efforts are providing significant new evidence that psychedelics are some of the safest and most effective tools for combating the global mental health crisis.

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In the wake of the Atlanta spa shootings, our staff grieve the losses, identify problems we want to work on, and resume the quest for the health of all. 

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Executive orders that close essential services and jeopardize health should not be justified by misinterpretations of Supreme Court decisions.

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America’s vision of crime and punishment sustains racial inequity and rests on state violence. What we need is care and community investment.

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The juvenile justice system is in the midst of massive reform, but how do LGBTQ+ youth get into the system? What happens once there?

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Essential oils need to be researched, regulated for quality, and checked for safety and accurate labeling.

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We resume publication on Monday, January 4, 2021 after our winter publishing break. Thank you for reading, writing, and subscribing to PHP.

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Now that the adverse health impacts of climate change have become apparent, local action to curb climate-active pollutants is taking off.

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The American public deserves to be safe from toxic chemicals and hazardous design flaws in workplaces, public spaces, and the bedroom.

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