Summer Publishing Break
Public Health Post is taking a summer publishing break. Thank you for reading, writing, listening, and subscribing. We’ll be back with new stories about the state of the health of the population on Monday, August 24.
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More Than the Sticker Price
The physiologic definition of infertility carries an underlying cis-heteronormative bias that excludes individuals who experience social infertility.
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What Covid-19 Teaches Us About the Food System
The fallout of the pandemic is plunging much of the world – including communities in our own backyard – into severe food insecurity.
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Xenophobia in the Time of Covid-19
Racism is detrimental to public health. Our national leaders and the media have caused Asian Americans to feel unsafe, even in their own homes.
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The Federal Response to Covid-19 We Should Have Expected
There have been mistakes of investment, implementation, and communication, but what we’ve learned most critically is that public health is political.
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Virginity Testing and Social Norms
Research on the sexual and reproductive issues of girls and women from communities where virginity testing is prevalent is urgently needed.
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2019 Year in Review
We resume publication on Monday, January 6, 2020 after our Winter publishing break. Thank you for reading, writing, and subscribing to Public Health Post.
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Health Care and the 2020 Election
We can transform how we pay for health care without drastically changing how care is delivered, creating competition and choice where we want it.
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A Custom to Latch Onto
As public health professionals, we must support parents in their decisions to breastfeed for as long as they choose and in whatever space they select.
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How Hip-Hop Heals
Rafik Nader Wahbi reflects on leading hip-hop music writing classes at the Suffolk County House of Correction in their substance use treatment unit.
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