Bird Flu: What the First Death From Rare H5N5 Strain Reveals About US Public Health
A resident of Washington State died last week after contracting the H5N5 avian influenza, according to the Washington State Department ...
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Why and How to Apply the One Health Concept
One Health can be a complex and sometimes jargon-filled concept. Put simply: "One Health is the collaborative efforts of multiple ...
How Trump–Kennedy Policies Undermine Public Health — and How to Fix Them
President Donald J. Trump’s well-meaning prospective “Make America Healthy Again (MAHA)” appointment of lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and blanket ...
President Trump, Protect Your Historic Healthcare Achievement — Before It Is Too Late
A valid argument can be made for President Donald J. Trump’s May 2020 promotion of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines being a ...
Why Gun Violence in America Is a Public Health Threat
Gun violence in America is a public health threat that warrants urgent attention. A properly empowered, funded, and staffed Centers ...
Why Growing Mistrust of Science in America Matters
Although there have always been legitimate grounds for some questioning of science in the United States, the accepted notion has ...
One Health Speaks Truth to All Listening
The One Health Approach can be defined as “the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally to ...
The Case for and Against America’s Role in the WHO
On January 20, 2025, U.S. President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order “WITHDRAWING THE UNITED STATES FROM THE WORLD ...
One Health Agenda Launched in the US: What Now?
On January 13, 2025, a most welcomed announcement was made: Three major public Federal government institutions in the United States, ...
Crime Rate and Availability of Abortion: Are the Two Related?
The relationship between abortion legislation and crime rates is a complex and often controversial topic, intertwining elements of social science, ...
The Climate Is Changing: What This Means for Our Fight Against Infectious Diseases
In September 2020, the investigative podcast “Radiolab” published an episode exploring the story of a mysterious fungal infection appearing simultaneously ...
How Anti-science and Anti-vaxxers Cause Avoidable COVID Deaths
If we do not learn from the past and seize new opportunities and scientific breakthroughs, we are doomed to incur ...
