#Public Health

Articles (30)

• 🇺🇸 Gambling addiction is soaring: The SAFE Bet Act can stop it getting worse — 11/04/2026 [USA]

  Make no mistake about this: Online sports betting is a growing public health problem.

  Related: #Federal Regulation, #Gambling Industry
• 🇺🇸 Flight Path Data Shows How Mosquitoes Target Humans — 11/04/2026 [USA]

  Scientists have quantified what draws mosquitoes to people—which could help make better, life-saving bug traps.

  Related: #Entomology, #Biotechnology
• 🇺🇸 Why the 38 million Americans who live alone need a 'buddy system' — 11/04/2026 [USA]

  Those who reside on their own should check in with the same someone every day, rain or shine, no matter what.

  Related: #Social Isolation, #Community Care
• 🇺🇸 Family sues energy drink company after daughter's death — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Family sues energy drink company after daughter's death

  Related: #Consumer Safety, #Legal Action
• 🇺🇸 Air pollution near the Salton Sea doesn’t get enough attention — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  'Recent studies have specifically shown that toxic dust from the receding Salton Sea shoreline is significantly increasing instances of asthma and other respiratory illnesses,' writes an L.A. Times re...

  Related: #Environmental Justice, #Policy Failure
• 🇺🇸 BuzzBallz, High-Alcohol Mixed Cocktails, Are Taking Over Gen Z — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  BuzzBallz, a brand of pre-mixed cocktail in colorful orbs, are all the rage. Experts worry they are a magnet for underage drinkers.

  Related: #Youth Culture, #Industry Regulation
• 🇺🇸 Texas teen's death linked to caffeine in Alani Nu energy drink, family alleges in lawsuit — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  The family of a 17-year-old Texas cheerleader has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a distributor of a popular energy drink, saying the teenager died from an enlarged heart caused by ingesting la...

  Related: #Product Liability, #Consumer Safety
• 🇺🇸 Casey Means’s brother says ‘conversations happening’ in surgeon general confirmation process — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Senior White House adviser Calley Means said on Thursday that “conversations are ongoing” amid doubts over whether his sister, surgeon general nominee Casey Means, has enough votes in the Senate for c...

  Related: #Political Nomination, #Government Process
• 🇺🇸 EPA proposes gutting rules for handling toxic coal ash, a move that threatens groundwater — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  The Trump administration on Thursday proposed weakening rules for the disposal of ash produced by burning coal that can contain hazardous heavy metals and contaminate groundwater.

  Related: #Environmental Policy, #Regulatory Rollback
• 🇺🇸 CDC delays COVID vaccine benefits report — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reportedly delayed the publication of its report detailing the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine at the behest of its acting director. Acting CDC Di...

  Related: #Scientific Integrity, #Government Transparency
• 🇺🇸 EPA proposes flexibilities for toxic coal waste — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story EPA proposes flexibilities for toxic coal waste The Trump administration is proposing to make regulations on the disposal of coal p...

  Related: #Environmental Regulation, #Energy Policy
• 🇺🇸 RSV season runs into spring — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} View Online Health Care Health Care   The Big Story An unusually late RSV season runs into spring A later-than-expected season of respiratory syncytial ...

  Related: #Pediatrics, #Epidemiology
• 🇺🇸 Hospitals in Beirut struggle to deal with casualties after Israeli attacks — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Doctors warn of worsening crises as vital supplies run low and Israeli attacks devastate Beirut and surrounding areas.

  Related: #Armed Conflict, #Humanitarian Crisis
• 🇺🇸 How bad for humans is wildlife trade? A new study has answers — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  People sell wild animals for food and for traditional medicine — legally and illegally. A study looks at the risks of spillover diseases from those pangolins, giant rats and other exotic critters.

  Related: #Zoonotic Disease, #Wildlife Conservation
• 🇺🇸 Top C.D.C. Official Delays Report on Covid Shot’s Effectiveness — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Dr. Jay Bhattacharya objected to the study’s methodology, saying it gave an inaccurate picture of the vaccine’s benefits.

  Related: #Scientific Integrity, #Bureaucratic Dispute
• 🇺🇸 Vaccine confusion sets up U.S. for a resurgence of hepatitis B in babies — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The lesson from the past is simple. When we stop using vaccines that work, the diseases they prevent come back.

  Related: #Vaccination, #Disease Prevention
• 🇺🇸 US CDC delays publishing report showing COVID vaccine benefits, WaPo reports — 09/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Government Transparency, #Science Communication
• 🇺🇸 U.S. Fertility Rates Drop to Another Record Low — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The fertility rate has been falling since 2007, in large part because of a plunge among teenagers.

  Related: #Demographics, #Social Trends
• 🇺🇸 Teen birth rates hit another historical low in 2025, CDC says — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The teen birth rate continues its decades-long downward trend. Researchers say many factors are at play, including less sexual activity and more access to contraception and abortion.

  Related: #Demographics, #Social Trends
• 🇺🇸 Respiratory viruses lingering longer than usual this year — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  While spring has officially begun, concerns about respiratory viruses are lingering longer than usual, with cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cropping up later than expected and a new COVID-1...

  Related: #Epidemiology, #Seasonal Disease
• 🇺🇸 Woman given 15 years for role supplying drugs linked to Matthew Perry death — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Drug dealer who supplied dose that eventually led to Perry's death in 2023 pleaded guilty to five felony drug counts.

  Related: #Celebrity Death, #Drug Enforcement, #Legal Sentencing
• 🇺🇸 RFK Jr. says he's launching a podcast to expose 'lies' that have made Americans sick — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  The show will launch next week and feature Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine crusader who has reshaped the country's health policy, in conversation with doctors, scientists and agency staff.

  Related: #Misinformation, #Media
• 🇺🇸 L.A. Drug Linchpin Who Sold Matthew Perry Ketamine Sentenced to 15 Years — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Jasveen Sangha, known as the Ketamine Queen, sold the ketamine that killed the actor.

  Related: #Celebrity Crime, #Drug Enforcement
• 🇺🇸 Trump urges ICE agents in airports to go without masks — 23/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump said on social media Monday that while he supports ICE agents wearing masks, he would "greatly appreciate" if those the White House deploys to U.S. airports go maskless. CBS News' Cris...

  Related: #Immigration Policy
• 🇺🇸 Trump says he is a ‘BIG proponent’ of ICE wearing masks — 23/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump on Monday prominently rejected a core Democratic demand in the negotiations to reopen the Department of Homeland Security by declaring that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of...

  Related: #Immigration Policy
• 🇺🇸 Pfizer to seek FDA approval for Lyme disease vaccine candidate despite trial miss — 23/03/2026 [USA]

  Lyme disease is an illness caused by bacteria most commonly spread to humans from ticks. It can cause arthritis, muscle weakness and pain.

  Related: #Pharmaceuticals
• 🇺🇸 Takeaways From the Times’s Inside Look at the C.D.C. — 23/03/2026 [USA]

  Many current and former employees say the actions of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are undermining the agency’s role in safeguarding public health.

  Related: #Government Agency
• 🇺🇸 Diabetes, Overlooked and Unchecked, Poses New Risks in Africa — 23/03/2026 [USA]

  As deaths from diabetes start to rival those from infectious threats like malaria, a new form of the condition linked to malnutrition is surfacing in patients who can afford neither screening nor care...

  Related: #Healthcare
• 🇬🇧 Another college sees suspected meningitis case — 22/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The UKHSA says it is offering antibiotics to close contacts of the person.

  Related: #Infectious Disease
• 🇺🇸 Which cities are the most obese? New report has the answer — 21/03/2026 [USA]

  America has an unfortunate weight problem. Not just stereotypically, but statistically, 42% of adults in the United States are technically considered obese.

  Related: #Urban Studies