A “black box” warning on a health product sounds pretty scary – maybe even more so when it’s suddenly being taken off the packaging. Americans were reminded of this type…
Category: Anthropology
Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change
If you’ve been following recent debates about health, you’ve been hearing a lot about vaccines, diet, measles, Medicaid cuts and health insurance costs – but much less about one of…
Community health centers provide care for 1 in 10 Americans, but funding cuts threaten their survival
Affordable health care was the primary point of contention in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, which hit 43 days on Nov. 12, 2025. This fight highlights a persistent…
Canada loses its official ‘measles-free’ status – and the US will follow soon, as vaccination rates fall
In the wake of a measles outbreak in Canada that has infected thousands of people over the past year, an international health agency revoked the country’s measles-free status on Nov.…
National 211 hotline calls for food assistance quadrupled in a matter of days, a magnitude typically seen during disasters
Between January and mid-October 2025, calls to local 211 helplines from people seeking food pantries in their community held steady at nearly 1,000 calls per day. But as the government…
FDA recall of blood pressure pills due to cancer-causing contaminant may point to higher safety risks in older generic drugs
A generic blood pressure drug called prazosin, made by Teva Pharmaceuticals, is being recalled by the Food and Drug Administration because it contains elevated levels of cancer-causing chemicals called nitrosamines.…
Why does your doctor seem so rushed and dismissive? That bedside manner may be the result of the health care system
We’ve all been there: You wait 45 minutes in the exam room when the doctor finally walks in. They seem rushed. A few questions, a quick exam, a glance at…
HIV knows no borders, and the Trump administration’s new strategy leave Americans vulnerable – an HIV-prevention expert explains
Protecting public health abroad benefits Americans. In a globalized world, diseases and their social and economic impacts do not stay within national boundaries. Increased rates of untreated HIV in any…
Strict school vaccine mandates work, and parents don’t game the system − new research
When four states between 2015 and 2021 stopped allowing parents to opt their children out of receiving routine vaccines without a medical reason, vaccination rates among kindergartners increased substantially. That’s…
