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Commentary: When medical misinformation costs lives — Balancing free speech and public health - Sat, 27 Dec 2025 PST
Commentary: When medical misinformation costs lives — Balancing free speech and public health - Sat, 27 Dec 2025 PST

In my corner of the world, it feels like 2020 all over again, experiencing the push and pull between losing someone I love due to medical misinformation, all while holding respect for free speech. The tension between combating medical misinformation and protecting free speech represents one of th... Read more

Spokesman - Dec 27
Public health emergency declared following devastating weather and flooding in Washington
Public health emergency declared following devastating weather and flooding in Washington

Officials have declared a public health emergency amid severe weather and flooding in Washington state. Read more

Mail Online - Dec 24
New flu variant hits SoCal, raises concerns among public health experts
New flu variant hits SoCal, raises concerns among public health experts

Holiday travel is in full swing and flu cases are ramping up. Some experts are worried about a new flu variant making its way to Southern California. Read more

Abc7 - Dec 24
Newsom names 2 former CDC leaders to California public health roles
Newsom names 2 former CDC leaders to California public health roles

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the hiring of two former top officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read more

Upi - Dec 15
Newsom hires former CDC leaders as public health advisers
Newsom hires former CDC leaders as public health advisers

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Monday he is hiring two former top officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who were pushed out by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or resigned in protest of his policies. Susan Monarez, former CDC dire... Read more

The Hill - Dec 15
N.J.’s public health plan didn’t spiral — it was driven off a cliff | Opinion
N.J.’s public health plan didn’t spiral — it was driven off a cliff | Opinion

Over the last four years, premiums have increased more than 60%, driving healthy, lower-cost municipalities out, further destabilized the risk pool, triggering additional rate hikes, and accelerating attrition. Read more

Nj - Dec 14
Navigating a ‘reckoning’ in public health communications
Navigating a ‘reckoning’ in public health communications

It’s a social media world now. That means learning a whole new way of sharing information. Yale School of Public Health is striving to equip its students with the communications tools they need to make a difference. Read more

Yalenews - Dec 11
Walter Dowdle, 94, U.S. public health leader amid crises
Walter Dowdle, 94, U.S. public health leader amid crises

Walter Dowdle, a microbiologist and second-in-command at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who helped lead the nation's early response to AIDS and later worked with the World Health Organization on the global effort to eradicate polio, died Nov.... Read more

Buffalonews - Dec 08
UC Irvine to host statewide conversation on the future of public health
UC Irvine to host statewide conversation on the future of public health

EVENT: UC Irvine’s Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health will convene a powerhouse of public health leadership from across the University of California system for a timely dialogue on the state and future of public health, including the erosion of public health infrastructure, science a... Read more

Uc Irvine - Dec 04