News Search: Public Health Matters

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Community Water Fluoridation Not Linked to Lower Birth Weight, Large U.S. Study Finds

January 20, 2026

Analysis of the nationwide rollout of fluoridation finds no impact on a key measure of infant health.

Topic

Healthcare Policy
Study Finds Elevated Alcohol Involvement in Suicides of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Women

January 20, 2026

National data show significantly higher blood alcohol levels and intoxication rates compared with heterosexual women.

Topic

LGBT Health
For the World’s Food Supply, Federal Funding Cuts Have Long-Term Impacts

Source:

The New York Times

By Ted Alcorn

January 16, 2026

The U.S. Agency for International Development has been a major supporter of global agriculture research. Now many studies are being scuttled or scaled back.

Topic

Food Policy and Obesity
Breast Cancer Risk Markers and Physical Activity Linked in Adolescent Girls

January 15, 2026

Physical activity during adolescence—a critical period of breast development—may influence biological pathways related to future breast cancer risk.

Topic

Child and Adolescent Health
Interpersonal and Self-Inflicted Violence Linked to Temperature Spikes

January 8, 2026

Warming temperatures are connected to increases in violence-related hospital visits—including both interpersonal and self-inflicted violence.

Topic

Climate and Health
Dramatic Decline in New Cases of Orphanhood in Uganda Driven by HIV Treatment and Prevention Programs

January 7, 2026

The scale-up of HIV treatment and prevention programs has led to remarkable declines in orphanhood rates in Rakai, Uganda.

Topic

Global Health
New Details on How Respiratory Pandemics Rapidly Spread Through Cities

January 6, 2026

Researchers used computer modeling to reconstruct how the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic and the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic unfolded in the U.S.

Topic

Infectious Disease
Bats Identified as Origin of Unexplained Acute Respiratory Illness and Encephalitis in Bangladesh

January 5, 2026

The findings mark the first documented detection of bat-origin orthoreovirus—a kind of double-stranded RNA virus—in human cases of acute respiratory illness.

Topic

Global Health
Can We Stop the Next Pandemic?

Source:

Columbia Magazine

December 19, 2025

Columbia Mailman's Global Alliance for Preventing Pandemics is working to train global clinicians in advanced virus detection to prevent future outbreaks.
Young Adults Commonly Mix Cannabis With Nicotine and Tobacco

December 17, 2025

The wide use of vapes, edibles, and smoked products underscores a growing complexity of cannabis exposure in early adulthood.

Topic

Substance Use

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