By Alice Bryk Silveira The alarming rise in diabetes and obesity rates in the United States has placed significant strain on health care systems and poses a serious public health threat. Americans’ overconsumption of ultra-processed foods high in sugar, salt and unhealthy fats is a concerning contributor. Globally, poor nutrition from such dietary habits plays…
By Claudia E. Haupt In addition to the conflict between free speech and public health in connection with social media, the role of social media as a public health hazard in itself has gained attention. Social Media’s Public Health Harms In a New York Times essay published on June 17, 2024, the Surgeon General proposed…
In the abortion context, gag laws impact patient access to critical medical services and the physician-patient relationship.
Affirmative action in higher education may soon be abolished by the Supreme Court. The consequences for the physician workforce may be dire.
The Supreme Court seems poised to say that the existence of a secular medical exemption to vaccine mandates means a state must offer a religious exemption.
Why does the law sanction giving bad advice to one patient, while it permits giving bad advice to millions of YouTube or television viewers?
To date, the military branches have granted very few religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccination requirements.
Social media poses an active health threat to many of its users, in a way that is akin to other regulated substances.
The emerging law of social distancing is vital to the future of public health. And social protests are playing an important role in these developments.
