Study highlights gaps in opioid use disorder care during pregnancy
Opioid use disorder during pregnancy remains a critical yet under-addressed public health issue in the U.S., according to…
What are peptides? The treatments promising weight loss and better skin, explained
Peptides seem to be everywhere — and there are more on the way. Adherents promise these tiny chains…
WHO congratulates The Bahamas for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV
In a landmark achievement for Caribbean public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates The Bahamas for becoming…
The COVID Reckoning Doesn’t Go Far Enough
The public health establishment lost America’s trust during the COVID-19 pandemic with its bureaucratic incompetence, “noble lies,” and…
How Indoor Air Quality and Building Design Shape Human Health
IntroductionHow urban environments shape microbial communitiesBiological mechanisms linking urban microbes to human healthOutdoor vs. indoor urban microbial exposureUrban…
What still drives childhood vaccine gaps in the United States
Even as overall childhood vaccine coverage stayed relatively high in the United States, this national study shows that…
Study finds many UK adults want to avoid ultra-processed foods but cannot define them clearly
Many UK adults say they want to cut back on ultra-processed foods, but this study shows confusion, cost,…
Emory student helps CDC alert doctors about medications | DeKalb County
Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. Medical student Riya Goel’s life has…
Gut-liver changes drive foodborne infection severity in fatty liver disease
A research team led by the University of California, Irvine’s Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public…
Dozens of AI disease-prediction models were trained on dubious data
Credit: Marko Nikolic/Alamy Dubious data sets are being used to train artificial-intelligence models that are designed to predict…
Study identifies new genes linked to severe pregnancy sickness
The USC research team that recently identified the hormone-encoding gene GDF15 as a key driver of pregnancy sickness has identified…
“The agencies have been pummeled down”: A conversation with Dorit Reiss on the state of American public health
On April 9, 2026, the Washington Post broke a story that crystallized what has been happening inside the Centers for…