Extreme heat waves broiling the planet in 2024 aren’t normal: How climate change is heating up weather around the world
Less than a month into summer 2024, the vast majority of the U.S. population has already experienced an extreme heat...
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Alcohol consumption among teenagers: Parents need to set rules and not just talk about it
When it comes to talking about alcohol consumption with their teenage children, many parents don’t know where to start. The...
From banning junk food ads to a sugar tax: with diabetes on the rise, we can’t afford to ignore the evidence any longer
There are renewed calls this week for the Australian government to implement a range of measures aimed at improving our...
Deadly crowd crush at Indian religious gathering shows how dangerous leaving an event can be
A catastrophe involving large crowds at a religious gathering in northern India yesterday resulted in the deaths of over 100...
Some of us don’t have high-quality drinking water, and it’s putting public health at risk. How do we deliver universal access?
A new Productivity Commission report has urged Australian governments to commit to providing universal access to safe and reliable drinking...
Extreme heat waves aren’t ‘just summer’: How climate change is heating up the weather, and what we can do about it
The heat wave that left more than 100 million people sweating across the eastern U.S. in June 2024 hit so...
FDA authorized the sale of menthol-flavored e-cigarettes – a health policy expert explains how the benefits may outweigh the risks
On June 21, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the marketing of the first electronic cigarette products in...
Four ways the Conservatives have promised to fix housing since 2019 and what they’ve actually done
Ahead of July 4, Labour and the Conservatives have drawn up competing plans for how they aim to tackle housing...
Khat in Kenya: why efforts to ban this popular stimulant are unlikely to work
Khat – the stimulant leaves and twigs of the plant Catha edulis – seemed to have secure legal status in...
Climate change is helping the H5N1 bird flu virus spread and evolve
The spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 among animals is unprecedented having been found on all continents...
