Highlights
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Despite best public health efforts, misinformation about health can spread wildly — often faster than factual information. It is a problem public health both recognizes and is struggling near-constantly to combat.
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Public health departments nationwide are working to tackle social determinants and advance health equity in their communities.
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The National Institutes of Health is working to transform the status quo in biomedical research with the All of Us Research Program, an ambitious venture to enroll at least 1 million U.S. adults in the largest precision medicine initiative to date.
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Health care providers can encourage even skeptical parents to get their children vaccinated against HPV, two recent studies show.
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Short sleep is linked to a higher risk of developing overweight or obesity across child age groups.
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Chicago’s city-wide health plan, Healthy Chicago 2.0, calls for achieving health equity and reducing inequities.
Check out more public health news in this month's full issue.
Next issue: The August 2018 issue will be live Aug. 1.
Special section: Sexual assaults can have long-lasting effects on health and well-being. Learn how you can help prevent them.
Series: Read articles in our series on social determinants of health and share our infographics.