About 20 years ago, I was introduced to the history of psychiatry. This introduction came in the form of a book, The Last Resort: Psychosurgery and the Limits of Psychosurgery (1998) by the late Jack ...

The United States has the highest health expenditures of any developed country worldwide; however, only about 8% of Americans currently undergo routine preventive screenings. As a result, the US loses ...

A fresh approach to preventive care is overdue to make health outcomes more fair. Inequities based on racialization, income and gender mean that we need to urgently change the way care is provided.

Editor’s Note: Targeted violence can be prevented before it starts by applying the same four‑step public health approach that CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention used for decades to reduce community ...

The number of emerging infectious disease (EID) outbreaks has grown to several hundred per year since 2000. Recent diseases such as SARS, avian influenza, Ebola – and the enormous health, economic, ...