Expert Public Health Insights

Learn from an infectious diseases expert, epidemiologist, and public health leader with decades of experience investigating outbreaks, advising governments, and translating science into action.

1
Jun
A Researcher Invented a Fake Skin Condition Called Bixonimania. Within Weeks, AI Chatbots Were Telling People It Was Real.
28
May
Building Relationships Before the Next Outbreak
27
May
An E. coli Outbreak Linked to Raw Cheddar Cheese Shows What Happens When Food Safety Becomes a Political Question
25
May
DoxyPEP Cut Syphilis Cases in Half. Tuberculosis Cases Barely Budged. Both Numbers Tell the Same Story.
20
May
Why Smoking Just Hit a Historic Low. And Why That Progress Could Unravel.
18
May
The People Who Stress You Out May Be Aging You Faster Than You Think
13
May
A Flu Vaccine With 30 Percent Effectiveness Still Prevents Tens of Thousands of Hospitalizations. Here Is Why That Math Matters.
11
May
A Single Course of Antibiotics May Reshape Your Gut for Years. Here Is What the New Evidence Shows.
7
May
Your Dentist Is Probably Prescribing Antibiotics You Do Not Need
6
May
Hospitals Are Quietly Underfunding the Work That Keeps Patients From Getting Sick on Their Watch
5
May
ICE Detention Is an Infectious Disease Crisis Waiting to Get Worse
1
May
Statistical Significance Is Not Clinical Significance: What the Cochrane Alzheimer’s Review Should Teach Us
30
Apr
The CDC Is Hiding Vaccine Data, Getting New Leadership, and Marking 75 Years of EIS. All Three Matter.
29
Apr
Psychedelic Therapy Has Real Promise. Bypassing the FDA Will Squander It.
28
Apr
Climate-Proofing Child Care: Emergency Preparedness for New York
24
Apr
Early Detection Saves Lives: Health Screening in Child Care Settings

Expert Public Health Insights

A Researcher Invented a Fake Skin Condition Called Bixonimania. Within Weeks, AI Chatbots Were Telling People It Was Real.

Building Relationships Before the Next Outbreak

An E. coli Outbreak Linked to Raw Cheddar Cheese Shows What Happens When Food Safety Becomes a Political Question

DoxyPEP Cut Syphilis Cases in Half. Tuberculosis Cases Barely Budged. Both Numbers Tell the Same Story.

Why Smoking Just Hit a Historic Low. And Why That Progress Could Unravel.

The People Who Stress You Out May Be Aging You Faster Than You Think

A Flu Vaccine With 30 Percent Effectiveness Still Prevents Tens of Thousands of Hospitalizations. Here Is Why That Math Matters.

A Single Course of Antibiotics May Reshape Your Gut for Years. Here Is What the New Evidence Shows.

Your Dentist Is Probably Prescribing Antibiotics You Do Not Need

Hospitals Are Quietly Underfunding the Work That Keeps Patients From Getting Sick on Their Watch

ICE Detention Is an Infectious Disease Crisis Waiting to Get Worse

Statistical Significance Is Not Clinical Significance: What the Cochrane Alzheimer’s Review Should Teach Us

The CDC Is Hiding Vaccine Data, Getting New Leadership, and Marking 75 Years of EIS. All Three Matter.

Psychedelic Therapy Has Real Promise. Bypassing the FDA Will Squander It.

Climate-Proofing Child Care: Emergency Preparedness for New York

Early Detection Saves Lives: Health Screening in Child Care Settings

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