September 11, 2024
By Dennis Archambault As I boarded a plane recently, it occurred to me that I might have worn a mask. I realized, as if it isn’t obvious to most...
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September 8, 2024
By Dennis Archambault It isn’t too much of a stretch to call chronic school absenteeism a public health problem. When you look at the root causes — the social...
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September 8, 2024
By Dennis Archambault For many, the effects of climate change on nutrition and health seems abstract, especially when there are so many challenges here and now. Yet, environmental health...
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September 8, 2024
By Adegbite Adediwura In the discourse on humanitarianism, food insecurity remains one of the most pressing challenges facing marginalized communities. Among these, immigrants and refugees are particularly vulnerable due...
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July 31, 2024
The concept of a “pop-up” is mostly thought of as a limited retail venture designed to test market demand for its product/services. Seldom is it used to test a...
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July 31, 2024
By Dennis Archambault Arguably, there is no more important time in life to have good nutrition than during prenatal and infancy. It’s a period of rapid growth in brain...
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July 16, 2024
Authority Health’s Statement in Response to the U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory “Firearm Violence: A Public Health Crisis in America” The direct and indirect health impact of gun violence in...
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June 27, 2024
By Dennis Archambault The growing season is well underway, and with it growth in access points for fresh food in Detroit. The opening of two community-based food cooperative grocery...
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June 27, 2024
By Dennis Archambault Sally C. Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, criticized the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s regulation that beneficiaries should not wait more than...
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May 30, 2024
By Dennis Archambault Crises often lead to innovations that become part of the social infrastructure after the crisis passes. For example, the USDA created a Farmers to...
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May 30, 2024
By Dennis Archambault Legislation, particularly so-called “omnibus” laws, are convoluted and difficult for average people to understand. Most of the publicity surrounding the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was...
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May 30, 2024
By Dennis Archambault You may have noticed that in the natural world everything is occurring a little earlier this year: it’s a little warmer, the trees are flowering, the...
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