Substance use disorder is a disease, not a personality flaw or moral failing. Yet, the language that has evolved around this disease is stigmatizing and reinforces the concept that people…
What does COVID-19, climate, & the return to “normal” mean for us? We have no vaccine for climate change. COVID-19 is our first truly global crisis—changing the way people around…
Adolescents and young adults (people ages 10-24 years) make up approximately 20% of the US population and 24% of the world population. Adolescence and young adulthood is a time of…
Valid counts of deaths and what people died from are critical inputs for setting public health priorities. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of data from death certificates has come…
In 2018, 42.4% of adults over the age of 20 were classified as obese. Treatment of obesity and related health problems cost $147 billion, more than three times the total state budget of…
Hurricanes top the list as the most destructive extreme weather event. Human-caused climate change has the potential to make hurricanes even more damaging. Not only are hurricanes likely to continue…