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24 votes
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Wuhan virus: China confirms human-to-human transmission, says medical workers infected
11 votes -
Why the government should tax unhealthy foods and subsidise nutritious ones
11 votes -
The Trump administration is preparing to significantly limit the scientific and medical research that the government can use to determine public health regulations
10 votes -
Dissecting racial bias in an algorithm used to manage the health of populations
6 votes -
Questions to Bill Gates about global health and more
6 votes -
World Mental Health Day 2019: Focus on suicide prevention
5 votes -
We are in the midst of a mental health crisis – advice about jogging and self-care is not enough
10 votes -
How to spread hep A without leaving your house
4 votes -
The message of measles - As public-health officials confront the largest outbreak in the US in decades, they’ve been fighting as much against dangerous ideas as they have against the disease
9 votes -
Suicide rate for girls has been rising faster than for boys, study finds
13 votes -
Shade: It’s a civic resource, an index of inequality, and a requirement for public health. Shade should be a mandate for urban designers
11 votes -
No, Lyme disease is not an escaped military bioweapon, despite what conspiracy theorists say
10 votes -
Very rare pathogenic genetic variants detected by SNP-chips are usually false positives: implications for direct-to-consumer genetic testing
8 votes -
This traditional Brazilian raw milk cheese is caught in the crosshairs of a battle over government regulation
6 votes -
The West isn’t ready for the long-term health impacts of wildfire smoke
15 votes -
A ban on smoking in many public outdoor spaces in Sweden comes into effect on July 1st
5 votes -
European Drug Report 2019 directly contrasts US drug crisis, tells a story of relative calm
7 votes -
Science institute that advised EU and UN 'actually industry lobby group'
10 votes -
The cancer capital of America: Eastern Kentucky is poor, remote, and inadequately serviced, and those factors have led to alarming rates of cancer in the area
7 votes -
Water stays in the pipes longer in shrinking cities – a challenge for public health
5 votes -
Colorado becomes first state in nation to cap price of insulin
11 votes -
The politics of going to the bathroom
3 votes -
Not just for soldiers: Civilians with PTSD struggle to find effective therapy
8 votes -
249 babies born with syphilis in Thailand this year: Public Health Ministry
4 votes -
Why physicians are prescribing time in nature
6 votes -
'No Visible Bruises' upends stereotypes of abuse, sheds light on domestic violence
9 votes -
The happiest cats on Earth
7 votes -
Is prison necessary? Ruth Wilson Gilmore might change your mind.
20 votes -
Shock rise in global measles outbreaks 'disastrous' for children, UN warns
8 votes -
Dollars on the margins - $15/hr minimum wage as a public health measure
17 votes -
Raw milk drinkers in nineteen states at risk of rare, dangerous infectious disease
10 votes -
Forgotten man, forgotten disease—Aniru Conteh and the battle against Lassa fever
3 votes -
For CDC, US shutdown is no joke
10 votes -
Anti-vax movement seen by World Health Organization as one of the top ten health threats for 2019
13 votes -
Americans more likely to die from accidental opioid overdose than in a car accident
12 votes -
Thousands of Cuban doctors leave Brazil after Bolsonaro's win
12 votes -
FDA cracks down on Juul and e-cigarette retailers
8 votes -
US invaded by savage tick that sucks animals dry, spawns without mating
5 votes -
Chronic - For big pharma, the perfect patient is wealthy, permanently ill and a daily pill-popper. Will medicine ever recover?
6 votes -
Italian upper house votes to overturn mandatory vaccinations despite surge in measles cases
9 votes -
Is the "obesity crisis" a disguise for a deeper problem?
6 votes -
US is unprepared for the health challenges of climate change, experts warn
9 votes -
Two fungal species—one pathogenic, one benign—are actually the same
10 votes -
Fears that PrEP could lead to an STI epidemic
Here's an article in Australian Fairfax Media: "Fears new wonder drug could lead to STI epidemic" It refers to this article in The Lancet: "Community-level changes in condom use and uptake of HIV...
Here's an article in Australian Fairfax Media: "Fears new wonder drug could lead to STI epidemic"
It refers to this article in The Lancet: "Community-level changes in condom use and uptake of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis by gay and bisexual men in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia: results of repeated behavioural surveillance in 2013–17"
Here's the key take-away from the Fairfax article:
An international 2016 study of men who have sex with men found the chances of contracting chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis were increased 11, 24, and 44-fold respectively in PrEP users. Fears have now been raised that these staggering numbers might be replicated in Australia.
8 votes -
How suicide quietly morphed into a public health crisis
19 votes -
‘Disneyland for Big Tobacco’: How Indonesia’s lax smoking laws are helping next generation to get hooked
4 votes -
India slashes heat-wave death toll with series of low-cost measures. ‘Common sense’ policies such as free water and reflective roof paint save lives as temperatures near 50°C
6 votes -
Obesity, discrimination and public health: What is the right balance to strike with government policy?
One of the stress points that seems increasingly correlated with modernity is a rise of obesity in many developed nations (most notably the United States, but also the United Kingdom, Canada,...
One of the stress points that seems increasingly correlated with modernity is a rise of obesity in many developed nations (most notably the United States, but also the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Mexico, and elsewhere). Japan instituted a fat tax that requires periodic weight measurements as a way to combat obesity. Denmark and India have taxed certain foods. New York City, while Michael Bloomberg was mayor, famously taxed soda as part of a policy package to address weight gains.
Meanwhile, groups have organized to attempt to reduce the amount of stigma associated with being fat, arguing that stigmatizing obesity and arguing for aggressive dietary change often creates runoff mental health issues among fat people, or worse that doctors' obsession with weight blinds them to other more serious health issues whose symptoms are being reported by fat patients.
This question is for everyone hailing from a nation dealing with some form of rise in obesity: What is the right balance to strike with public policy when it comes to dealing with the rise of obesity?
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Bill Gates: Trump twice asked me the difference between HIV and HPV
18 votes