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2 months ago | jamanetwork.com | Rita Rubin |Sandro Galea |Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo

For Houston obstetrician and gynecologist Anitra Beasley, MD, MPH, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website has long been her go-to source for up-to-date, evidence-based guidance about reproductive health care and sexually transmitted infections. “If I’m treating someone with a sexually transmitted infection, what do I need to do? I know exactly where to look,” explained Beasley, medical director of Planned Parenthood of the Gulf Coast.

2 months ago | jamanetwork.com | Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo |Sandro Galea |Rochelle P. Walensky |Loren D. Walensky

In the past month, the academic health research community in the US has been rocked by the new administration’s efforts to curtail health research expenditures.

2 months ago | wbur.org | Sandro Galea

This is a time of change and turbulence in our national conversation. President Trump took office just over a week ago, and with this new administration has come a raft of changes. I have written over the past few months about remaining nonpartisan, about making a good-faith effort to take a big-tent approach to public health, about leaning into hope and optimism and recognizing that there are reasons why Trump was reelected and that we should try to understand and engage with them.

Nov 21, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Sandro Galea

When readers buy a book via a link on this page and others under Health Affairs Reads, we will receive a commission. Thank you for supporting Health Affairs. By David K. Jones, Edited by Debra Bingham, Nicole Huberfeld, Sarah H. GordonChapel Hill (NC): The University of North Carolina Press, 2024334pp., $23.95David Jones was a scholar, teacher, colleague, and a friend. I met David when I joined the Boston University School of Public Health as Dean in January 2015.

Oct 31, 2024 | publichealthpost.org | Mallory Bersi |Sandro Galea |Michael Isaac Stein

During the COVID-19 pandemic it often seemed as though science was at the heart of every public discussion. Public argument flared about the science behind novel vaccines, masking recommendations, and decisions around school closures. Much of this discussion was entirely reasonable debate about still contended and new science. But some of it was fueled by political actors, aiming to advance particular political—and heavily partisan—agendas.