Wiki · Public Health & Epidemiology

Opioid Overdose Emergency: What to Do and How to Use Naloxone (Narcan)

Opioid overdoses can happen suddenly and silently, and they are often life-threatening without fast action. Opioids include prescription…

Jan 26, 2026 · 2 min read · 13,289 claps #opioids #opioid-epidemic #opioid-addiction

Opioid Overdose Emergency: What to Do and How to Use Naloxone (Narcan)

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BL Blake Shields · ILLUMINATION

The Strange Feeling So Many Adults Can’t Explain

The quiet epidemic not enough people are talking about

Jul 28, 2026 · 4 min read · 11,653 claps paywalled #society #mental-health #personal-growth

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TH THE WHOLE LIBERAL - Rusty Reid

Texas Will Force Schools to Teach “Bible Lessons.” Good!

While loudly underscoring how fascist conservatism can be, maybe these “lessons” will serve as a kind of vaccination against religion…

Nov 23, 2024 · 11 min read · 3,459 claps #american-christians #texas-education #religion-in-education

Texas Will Force Schools to Teach “Bible Lessons.” Good!

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NA Nadin Brzezinski

Ebola is an Emerging Threat, and Russia is Getting Interesting

We in Open Source Intelligence see events like the Ebola outbreak in Africa as emerging threats. So I am going to give you an update on…

May 19, 2026 · 9 min read · 2,579 claps paywalled #ebola-outbreak #public-health #russia-ukraine-war

Ebola is an Emerging Threat, and Russia is Getting Interesting

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CO Cory Doctorow

Trumpism’s healthcare fracture-lines

How public health can win the Battle of the Cranks.

Dec 20, 2024 · 4 min read · 1,752 claps #cranks #public-health #rfk-jr

$Trumpism’s healthcare fracture-lines$

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NI Nishanth

How I built a Chrome Extension to aid Work from Home

Covid-19 pandemic has forced most of us to Work from Home (WFH). While work from home has it’s own Pro’s and Con’s, developing tools to…

Jul 10, 2021 · 8 min read · 1,732 claps #work-from-home #chrome-extension #criodo

How I built a Chrome Extension to aid Work from Home

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DR Dr. Jess Steier

Vaccines, Tylenol, and Circumcision?!

JUST THE TIP of what’s wrong with these autism claims

Oct 09, 2025 · 12 min read · 1,691 claps #autism #autism-spectrum-disorder #tylenol

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GA Garry Berman

The 747: When Getting There Was Half the Fun

Here’s a recent news item that didn’t receive much attention, what with a war, pandemic, political upheaval, and other stories to rob us of…

Dec 12, 2022 · 6 min read · 1,389 claps #747 #airlines #aviation

The 747: When Getting There Was Half the Fun

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BE Bev Potter

Fashion Ensembles for the Discerning Retiree

Goats optional

May 14, 2026 · 3 min read · 1,338 claps paywalled #humor #pandemic #fashion

Fashion Ensembles for the Discerning Retiree

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DE Desiree Peralta · Publishous

My Favorite Thing About the Male Loneliness Epidemic Is How Women Don’t Give a F*ck

Men act like they are punishing us for something we have always wanted.

Jun 08, 2026 · 7 min read · 1,326 claps paywalled #feminism #women #life-lessons

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RE René F. Najera, MPH, DrPH · The Quantastic Journal

Hantavirus on a Cruise Ship: What the MV Hondius Outbreak Actually Means for You

The first shipboard hantavirus cluster is raising serious questions about hantavirus person-to-person transmission.

May 08, 2026 · 8 min read · 1,318 claps paywalled #public-health #science #virus

Hantavirus on a Cruise Ship: What the MV Hondius Outbreak Actually Means for You

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TH The Conversation U.S. · Wise & Well

Calling Deaths ‘Preventable’ Shifts Blame to Individuals

The term, used by many health professionals, mask how policy, access and geography shape who gets care — and who doesn’t

Oct 08, 2025 · 5 min read · 1,269 claps #public-health #epidemiology #preventable-death

Calling Deaths ‘Preventable’ Shifts Blame to Individuals

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DE Dennett · Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

How I Became a Home Baker

It’s never too late

Apr 19, 2024 · 5 min read · 1,225 claps paywalled #baking #pandemic #gluten-free

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CO Coyote Wallace

Eulogy For The Mountain Man: Appalachia’s Ongoing Deadly Opioid Epidemic

Growing up here in Eastern Kentucky, I learned early on to fall in love with the coming of spring and all the sublime delights that come…

Mar 17, 2026 · 16 min read · 1,218 claps #appalachia #opioid-epidemic #essay

Eulogy For The Mountain Man: Appalachia’s Ongoing Deadly Opioid Epidemic

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RE René F. Najera, MPH, DrPH · Microbial Instincts

The Sleeping Sickness Epidemic That Medicine Still Can’t Explain

How encephalitis lethargica disabled a million people in the 1920s, and what it warns us about Long COVID today

Jul 06, 2026 · 6 min read · 1,098 claps paywalled #long-covid #microbiology #history

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DR Dr. Jess Steier

Our Hands Are Gross. Here’s What to Do About It.

The science of soap, sanitizer, and staying well

Jan 22, 2026 · 8 min read · 985 claps #public-health #hand-washing #soap

Our Hands Are Gross. Here’s What to Do About It.

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TE Tee Mugayi · Heart Affairs

Dude Refuses to Pay for a Dinner Date After Realizing Sex Is Not on the Dessert Menu

We are in the midst of a loser male epidemic.

Jun 04, 2026 · 3 min read · 968 claps paywalled #dating #sexuality #relationships

Dude Refuses to Pay for a Dinner Date After Realizing Sex Is Not on the Dessert Menu

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SU Sunita Chakraborty · Democracy Watch

The Silent Inheritance

On mercury and memory

Feb 24, 2026 · 2 min read · 951 claps paywalled #environmental-policy #public-health #politics

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RA Rajesh Poovathum Kadavil · Pen With Paper

The Power of Goodness is silent.

Kindness is one thing that has had subtle, significant, and positive impacts on my life and the lives of the people I know.

May 24, 2026 · 3 min read · 904 claps paywalled #content-creation #india #depression

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DR Dr. Jess Steier

Where Is the Line?

An executive order on childhood vaccines, and what actually changes for your family

Aug 11, 2026 · 10 min read · 878 claps #public-health #health #healthcare