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Public Health Archive

Archives for November 2014

21 maps and charts that explain the obesity epidemic
Technology

Everything you need to know about the shape we’re in, how we got here, and the cost of this public-health crisis.

By Julia Belluz
Health Care
Berkeley has a big new soda tax that won’t reduce obesityBerkeley has a big new soda tax that won’t reduce obesity
Health Care

Berkeley voters approved the country’s most aggressive approve soda-tax Tuesday, giving a policy long-supported by public health experts its first shot at a real-life experiment.

By Sarah Kliff
Health
What AIDS should have taught us about how to deal with diseases like EbolaWhat AIDS should have taught us about how to deal with diseases like Ebola
Health

Fear-bola is real, and it’s causing an insane public and policy reaction similar to what emerged following the discovery of HIV.

By Julia Belluz

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