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HIV remains a serious public health crisis, with Black people accounting for about40 percent of people living with HIVdespite representing just 12 percent of the U.S. population. Stigma and societal norms continue to derail vital conversations around the epidemic — a public health crisis that has disproportionately impacted Black communities for more than 40 years

Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria, CS-SUNN, has challenged local governments across Lagos State to make nutrition a budget priority, warning that the fight against malnutrition cannot succeed when nutrition interventions are left without dedicated funding at the grassroots

Alexandre Pantoja revealed how he returned to training just two days after suffering an injury against Joshua Van

McKenna West/via The Texas Tribune McKenna West is fighting for custody of the child she carried as a surrogate.

North Helpline and the Hunger Intervention Program feed thousands of people annually, serving the North Seattle area for decades. But in July, the two nonprofits announced they were forming North Seattle Food Connection

Over a year ago, Times of Malta wrote, in the context of obesity, that: “Too often, the public health sector is firefighting instead of planning with foresight”. Crisis management means that we lurch from one solution to another, creating entities, forging partnerships with the private sector, endless initiatives – but the approach is piecemeal and…

A total of $15 million from a federal grant is set to help rural Iowans combat radon exposure over the next five years. And the Marion County Public Health Department quickly learned its request to spearhead the initiative was accepted.”It was kind of a fast turnaround for all of us, for the state and then…

DVIDS – News – Fit to Fight: The Historic Campaign to Stop Disease from Sidelining Troops

In a perspective paper published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a team of researchers and health experts calls for a ‘paradigm shift’ in how public health agencies address hypertension, which affects more than 1.28 billion adults worldwide and remains a leading driver of cardiovascular disease. The authors say high blood pressure can be…

Eating an anti-inflammatory diet can help your overall long-term health and increase disease prevention