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Poison in the Bottle: How Cuba's Economic Crisis Fueled a Toxic and Deadly Bootleg Alcohol Trade

Cuba's economic crisis pushes citizens toward dangerous bootleg liquor, causing toxic methanol poisonings and urgent public health warnings.

Latin Times · Sep 2

Americans Still Say They Trust Their Own Doctor Even as Confidence in the CDC and FDA Falls Sharply

An Annenberg survey found 87% of Americans trust their own provider on public health while confidence in CDC, FDA, and NIH dropped sharply.

Medical Daily · Sep 2

One Positive Mosquito Trap Has Arlington Spraying Two Nights as North Texas Enters Peak West Nile Season

Arlington sprayed for West Nile over two September nights after one trap tested positive. Here is what triggers spraying and what residents should do.

Medical Daily · Sep 2

'This well is not to be built over': A California ranch was warned 20 years ago; young teens are now suffering from a rare cancer

Ladera Ranch is a 4,000-acre planned community in southern Orange County, California. As per the 2020 census, this ranch had a population of 26,170. The residents of the ranch have now raised a cancer concern with the California Department of Public Health that children or young adults of the ranch…

The Times of India · Aug 31

A Model Told South Carolina Its Measles Outbreak Was Still Growing While Case Reports Showed a Decline

A CDC model corrected reporting lags during South Carolina's measles outbreak. Here is what it caught and what it missed at the peak.

Medical Daily · Aug 28

How Mauritius Kept Bhojpuri Alive: The Indian Diaspora's Homeland Rebuilt Across an Ocean

The Language That Outlived Its OriginYou hear it at the market in Port Louis before you see the stall. A woman bargaining over bitter gourd, her cadence rising and falling in Bhojpuri, not the clipped, television-inflected version that survives in pockets of eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, but something older,…

Times Life · Aug 28

This 17-year-old student built a math model that predicts how multiple diseases spread together inside the body

Alyssa Yu, a 17-year-old Maryland student, has developed a mathematical model to predict how two infectious diseases can spread and interact across connected populations. Her research could help public health officials identify outbreak hotspots and target vaccination efforts more effectively. Yu was named one of 40 finalists in the 2026…

The Economic Times · Aug 27

Dry Land and Newly Fallowed Fields Track with Higher Valley Fever Rates Across Twenty California Counties

A new Science Advances study links shrubland, certain crops, and newly fallowed fields to higher rates of Valley fever across 20 California counties.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

5 Everyday Lifestyle Habits That Silently Damage Your Heart Rate Variability and Stress Recovery

Sleeping Late Even When You Get Eight HoursTotal sleep duration gets all the attention. Timing gets almost none. HRV is governed largely by the autonomic nervous system, which runs its deepest parasympathetic recovery between roughly 10 pm and 2 am. A 2017 review by Shaffer and Ginsberg published in Frontiers…

Times Life · Aug 27

Vinay Prasad: Public Health in This Country Is So Broken

Vinay Prasad discusses his departure from the FDA, Fauci's diaries, and how working for the government made him more libertarian.

Reason · Aug 26