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art002e009288 (April 6, 2026) – Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. A muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface.

Environmental Health

Earth Day Forecast: Cloudy With a Chance of Optimism

April 16, 2026

Defocused Image Of People At Auditorium

substance use

College Shouldn’t Be a Relapse Risk: Why Collegiate Recovery Programs Deserve Sustainable Funding

July 28, 2025

Blurred background of patient waiting for see doctor in the hospital.

healthcare costs

On Healthcare Equity, Texas Takes a Step Backward

November 26, 2024

Aerial view of the Northern side of Puerto Rico. Shown is the North edge shore of the island between Puerta de Tierra and Fuerte de San Geronimo with Old San Juan in rear.

Viewpoint

‘If My Beautiful Homeland Is Labeled As Garbage, What Does That Make Me?’

October 31, 2024

SPH community members' names

Viewpoint

Staff ‘Shape the Atmosphere and Energy’ at Universities

October 11, 2024

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump departs after speaking to the media at the end of the day's proceedings during his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 29, 2024.

health policy

Project 2025 Could Become a ‘Political Reality That Would Upend Medical Practice’

September 26, 2024

Young student girl preparing for college test, exam, writing notes, making draft, summary of textbook, studying, reading book for class report. Learning workplace table close up, banner shot

Viewpoint

Grading the Rubric

August 30, 2024

Thumbnail of collage of Skyline of the Old City at the Western Wall and Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel and human face created of light to represent digital consumption of news

Viewpoint

Algorithms, Misinformation, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

March 23, 2024

A Palestinian boy transports his bird on a bicycle past a destroyed building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 6, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas

Viewpoint

On Gaza: What Does Public Health Call Us to Do in This Moment?

March 8, 2024

Global Health

What’s Next for Global Health?

January 12, 2024