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Harvard Public Health Magazine | HomeHPH supports public health leaders, policy makers, advocates, and researchers in improving lives, erasing inequities, and driving change.Harvard Public Health Magazine | Home Skip to main content Exploring what works, what doesn’t, and why. Harvard Public Health Magazine Subscribe Search Search Clear Search Open menu Harvard Public Health Magazine Environmental Health Equity Global Health Mental Health Policy & Practice Reproductive Health Tech & Innovation Exploring what works, what doesn’t, and why. Subscribe About Contact Snapshots Republish our articles Submissions Support us Explore Environmental Health Equity Global Health Mental Health Policy & Practice Reproductive Health Tech & Innovation All Topics Front Page Feature No research about us without us? Read Now Opinion Public health’s spirituality disconnect Religion is a social determinant of health, too. Book Kids’ anxiety is on the rise. This book aims to help. 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More in Environmental Health Equity More in Equity Feature No research about us without us? When researchers include the people they study in the research process, outcomes improve. Feature A Wabanaki organization forges its own approach to addiction treatment Its treatment and recovery centers are designed for Indigenous people recovering from substance use disorder and healing from trauma. Opinion We can’t fix health disparities we don’t see There are new ways to gather data on marginalized groups. It’s time to use them. More in Equity Global Health More in Global Health Feature The battle against tuberculosis will be won or lost in India Experts say the country could be a model for the world. Instead, its TB fight has floundered. Feature How Kibera’s water woes vanished into thin air An aerial piping system brings residents clean, affordable water. Opinion A new model of drug discovery could change the game on superbugs Where markets fail, collaboration might just succeed. More in Global Health Snapshots Bite-sized views of big ideas in public health PTSD in communities that have experienced mass violence   A blood test to predict fatty liver Gratitude could help smokers stop craving cigarettes Random Snapshot All Snapshots Mental Health More in Mental Health Feature This Detroit Islamic center offers free mental health care for anyone in need Studies show that Muslim Americans have exponentially higher rates of mental illness, including suicide, compared to other religious groups. Book A new book captures 12 Profiles of people living with mental illness The stories are touching. What they reveal is damning. People Why don’t we talk more about how culture affects mental health? The overwhelming Whiteness of mental health care has shaped the way we talk about it. More in Mental Health Policy & Practice More in Policy & Practice Feature SNAP helps Americans eat. But can it help them eat better? Studies suggest people who use the program are less healthy than people who don’t. Opinion As food stamps turn 60, four reasons to celebrate The program reduces food insecurity and poverty. Feature As drinking habits shift, global alcohol industry fights to stay ahead Excess drinking causes millions of deaths each year. More in Policy & Practice Reproductive Health More in Reproductive Health Ideas Hispanic women are less likely to get PrEP treatment. A new intervention could change that. Latinas make up 17 percent of U.S. women, but 21 percent of those living with HIV. Feature Adopt-A-Mom wants to eliminate pregnancy disparities in North Carolina The program responds to racial and insurance-based inequities in maternal care in Guilford County. Research Researchers look closer at the placenta A better understanding of the placenta may help curb maternal and fetal mortality rates, but progress is slow. More in Reproductive Health Tech & Innovation More in Tech & Innovation Feature The cutting edge of CRISPR is in Nigeria Christian Happi is pioneering a revolutionary approach to fighting disease. Feature Genomics has broad applications, and for now, broad limitations A scientist-turned-patient finds that access issues cloud the technology’s potential. People Inside CRISPR’s gene editing revolution Jennifer Doudna won the Nobel Prize for inventing a powerful gene editing technology. What comes next for CRISPR? More in Tech & Innovation Follow us on Twitter Follow us on YouTube Add us on LinkedIn Follow us on Instagram Sign up for our newsletter and get the latest in public health in your inbox. Email address By clicking “Subscribe,” you agree to receive email communications from Harvard Public Health.CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. 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