Public Health

Ukraine: Worn Hearts, Steeled Resolve

I have traveled to Ukraine nearly 20 times. Each visit deepens my respect for how people in conflict endure. This…

5 months ago

Global childhood vaccination remains resilient, but equity cracks are widening

In 2024, immunisation data from WHO and UNICEF show that while 115 million infants (89%) received at least one dose of DTP…

6 months ago

Restrictive practices in medicine are holding high-income countries back

A paper in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is part of a pattern: middle-income countries do a…

6 months ago

Guns, Race, and Profit: The Pain of America’s Other Epidemic

BOGALUSA, La. — Less than a mile from a century-old mill that sustained generations in this small town north of…

6 months ago

If Our Children’s Fear Doesn’t Move Us to Act, What Will?

Twenty-five months ago, I wrote for Medika Life after yet another school shooting shook the nation. My plea then was…

6 months ago

The Missing Piece in America’s AI Strategy: Brain Capital

Co-Authored by Kelly O’Brien, MPA (left) and Harris Eyre, MD, PhD (right); Kelly O’Brien, MPA is Vice President of Prevention…

7 months ago

The Silent Additive: What Singapore Street Food Taught Me About Ultra-Processed America

I Ate More. I Weighed Less. In Malaysia, I ate like a poet unchained. Noodles in the morning. Spiced broth…

7 months ago

Global childhood vaccination remains resilient, but equity cracks are widening

In 2024, immunisation data from WHO and UNICEF show that while 115 million infants (89%) received at least one dose of DTP…

8 months ago

Science Has No Borders – And Neither Should Human Potential

Here at the HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum, held in Brooklyn—long a gateway for immigration and innovation—the gathering has become…

8 months ago

The Stroke That Stole My Father And the Tiny Device That Could Stop the Next One

It happened without warning. My father collapsed at home, his face slack, his words gone. My dad and mom attending…

8 months ago

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