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Where Can We Direct the Public for Reliable Health Information?
Public trust in our government health agencies is at an all-time low. Recent polling by the Kaiser Family Foundation , for example, shows...
Heather Duncan
May 133 min read
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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 184 min read
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Rebuilding Trust in Science and Public Health through Podcasting
Camille Ledoux, PhD As the chaos unfolding at the federal level continues to threaten the future of science and public health in the...

Camille Ledoux, PhD
Mar 114 min read
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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 234 min read
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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 104 min read
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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
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Introducing Our Co-Founders with a Public Health and Science Resource Round-Up
As we expand the reach and scope of our blog, M&D co-founder S. Patrick Murphy will now be regularly contributing on issues related to...
Heather Duncan
Aug 5, 20244 min read
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Paxlovid Is a Communications Failure
Paxlovid, the brand name for a combination therapy consisting of ritonavir and nirmatrelvir, is an oral antiviral medication available...
Heather Duncan
Jun 28, 20244 min read
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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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Common Challenges for Data Analysts Using Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Data
Sexual minorities are at greater risk for many health outcomes and are frequently the subject of public health research. Data on gender...
Heather Duncan
Feb 29, 20243 min read
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