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Does Public Health Have a Language Problem?
Photo by Nick Fewings In a recent interview with journalist Ben Meiselas, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear spoke at length on the failure of...
Heather Duncan
Apr 18, 20254 min read


Is Laughter Our Best Weapon?
We’ve all heard the cliché that laughter is the best medicine. Of course, in public health we don’t take that literally, because we...
Heather Duncan
Feb 23, 20254 min read


The Age of Insecurity: Science in the MAGA Era
With the Trump administration's communications embargo on public health agencies and the recent purge of CDC datasets, access to...

Patrick Murphy
Feb 10, 20254 min read


Weathering the Storm: The Shifting Role of Medical and Science Communications in the U.S.
These days, it often feels like there is a seismic shift taking place in the biomedical sciences. With the incoming administration’s...

Patrick Murphy
Jan 1, 20253 min read


Mpox, Public Health Emergencies, and the Challenges of Communicating Risk
Now that the world is officially in the midst of another public health emergency, this time prompted by an epidemic of clade 1b mpox in...
Heather Duncan
Aug 20, 20244 min read


Avian Flu: Preparing for a Spillover Event
There’s been a lot of discussion in the media recently about the possibility of an avian flu outbreak in humans. This is a breakdown of...
Heather Duncan
Jun 5, 20244 min read
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