New Toolkit: Engaging Business Leaders in Public Health Partnerships
The de Beaumont Foundation’s new toolkit on engaging business leaders in public health partnerships highlights research-driven strategies to strengthen collaboration between public health agencies and the private sector.
Drawing on interviews and focus groups with business leaders, the resource identifies key barriers to engagement, including perceptions that public health is overly regulator…
Fake References in Medical Papers are Skyrocketing
A reference-integrity audit of 2.5 million biomedical papers and 125.6 million references in PubMed Central identified 4,046 fabricated references across 2,810 papers after multi-database verification and filtering.
Fabrication rates rose markedly, from 1 in 2,828 papers in 2023 to 1 in 458 in 2025, a more than 12-fold increase overall. Most affected papers contained one or two fabricated ref…
Insights to Practice – A Conference to Inspire Public Health Communications
The Public Health Communications Collaborative (PHCC) will host its second annual half-day virtual conference on June 2, 2026, bringing together public health practitioners and professionals nationwide to share emerging research and perspectives on advancing public health communications.
Sessions will emphasize practical, trauma-informed approaches to building resilience, strategies for advoc…
The Condition PCOS is Now Called PMOS
Researchers and clinicians have renamed polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) to better reflect the condition’s broader hormonal and metabolic impacts and improve patient care.
Affecting an estimated 1 in 8 women worldwide, the condition is associated with irregular menstrual cycles, elevated androgen levels, infertility, and increased risk of Typ…
CDC Resource – Andes Virus Outbreak on a Cruise Ship: Frequently Asked Questions
An outbreak of Andes virus, a rare hantavirus variant associated with severe respiratory illness, has been identified among passengers and crew aboard the M/V Hondius cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, prompting a coordinated international response involving CDC, HHS, the U.S. State Department, and state health departments.
Federal agencies are supporting repatriation efforts and conducting e…
Ready or Not 2026: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism
Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) new report, Ready or Not 2026, evaluates U.S. public health emergency preparedness across 10 indicators, including workforce mobility, funding stability, laboratory surge capacity, paid sick leave access, and community infrastructure.
It finds preparedness is uneven across states, with 20 in a high-performance tier, 17 plus the District of Columbia in a middl…
Fruit-Flavored E-cigarettes for Adults OK'd By FDA
The FDA authorized its first fruit-flavored e-cigarettes for adult smokers, marking a significant shift in federal vaping policy amid declining youth vaping rates, which are now at a 10-year low. The newly authorized products include mango and blueberry flavors and incorporate smartphone-based age verification and Bluetooth access controls intended to reduce youth access.
FDA officials emphas…