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Why HIV funding cuts would impact every community
It’s easy to forget that the COVID-19 pandemic was not the first major, devastating pandemic that millions of Americans have experienced in their lifetime. Before COVID-19, there was AIDS, which has killed an estimated 500,000 people in the U.S. and 39 million globally, according to the CDC. But along with being a major, continuing public…
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Redlining’s lingering public health legacy
The enduring health impacts of redlining — an institutionalized practice that segregated communities by race for decades until it was banned in 1968 — are compounding. A new study revealed that children and young adults with cancer who previously lived in redlined neighborhoods have increased risk of death. Researchers found that among the 4,355 children…
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Trump’s data purge: What to know about federal infectious disease sites
Even in the rapidly evolving environment created by the new administration, it was hard to miss the news last Friday that more than 1,000 pages on the CDC website had disappeared last Friday. In the days since, some pages have been restored, in varying degrees of their former completeness. Going forward, it’s unclear how much…
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