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09.15.2020 pink pills forming letters and numbers

Uptake of PrEP

The full potential of PrEP is yet to be realized because only a fraction of people who would benefit from taking it have access.

Guest Author Pedro Botti Carneiro

09.01.2020 a group of people wearing face masks

A Return to Reason

We in public health work the realm of attempted truth, not fabrication that serves powerful, partisan interest.

Editor Michael Stein

07.30.2020 a hand and hand print

Sexual & Reproductive Health

More Than the Sticker Price

The physiologic definition of infertility carries an underlying cis-heteronormative bias that excludes individuals who experience social infertility.

Guest Author Nambi J. Ndugga

07.09.2020 a face mask with a white background

What Covid-19 Teaches Us About the Food System

The fallout of the pandemic is plunging much of the world – including communities in our own backyard – into severe food insecurity.

Guest Author Pauley Tedoff

06.30.2020 a map with red circles and numbers

Health Equity

Xenophobia in the Time of Covid-19

Racism is detrimental to public health. Our national leaders and the media have caused Asian Americans to feel unsafe, even in their own homes.

Guest Author Jennifer Nguyen

05.06.2020 a crumpled white paper with black writing on it

The Federal Response to Covid-19 We Should Have Expected

There have been mistakes of investment, implementation, and communication, but what we’ve learned most critically is that public health is political.

Editor Michael Stein

04.01.2020 a person with a white sock on their leg

Health Equity

Virginity Testing and Social Norms

Research on the sexual and reproductive issues of girls and women from communities where virginity testing is prevalent is urgently needed.

Guest Author Sondra Crosby

12.20.2019 a map of the world with blue dots

Public Health Post

2019 Year in Review

We resume publication on Monday, January 6, 2020 after our Winter publishing break. Thank you for reading, writing, and subscribing to Public Health Post.

Editor Michael Stein

12.16.2019 a roll of stickers with red white and blue colors

Health Care and the 2020 Election

We can transform how we pay for health care without drastically changing how care is delivered, creating competition and choice where we want it.

Guest Author Paul Shafer

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