"Millions of individuals in the USA experience poverty." "Greater cumulative exposure to #poverty across emerging and established adulthood is associated with a greater risk for premature mortality." via The Lancet Public Health @thelancetph.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

We often hear that the U.S. underinvests in primary care and prevention—and that this explains why Americans live shorter, less healthy lives. In our new @thelancetph.bsky.social, we take a closer look at this issue. #IrenePapanicolas @Brown www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

With COP30 around the corner, we interviewed the Brazilian Health Minister and his team to know what Brazil is bringing to the discussion table on this historical #healthday @ #COP30. 🎙️Listen here: bit.ly/47FNUUv

🌱 From pills to people: the rise of social prescribing. Who’s being referred to walking groups, arts classes and community activities, and who’s missing out? Two major 2025 studies explore referral trends and inequalities. 🧵 THREAD #SocialPrescribing #PrimaryCare #HealthInequalities #MentalHealth

📸 We want your photos! If you've taken an image that brings a health story to life, enter it in our #LancetHighlights photography competition. Submit by Nov 12—on any health-related topic and from any country or setting. More info: tinyurl.com/28pmu4m2

Introducing the Clinical Resources hub 🩺 A new, easy-to-navigate platform from The Lancet Group, packed with the latest research and clinical reviews. Perfect for healthcare professionals looking to stay current and improve patient care. Explore now: 🔗 hubs.li/Q03HKpBt0

NCDs affect more than 2 billion children and adolescents each year. In a new letter, authors call for a shift from generalised #NCD strategies to specific, child-centred commitments backed by: ➡️ Global frameworks ➡️ Measurable targets ➡️ Long-term investment 🔗 tinyurl.com/3ryn7w74

Cancer deaths expected to rise to over 18 million in 2050—an increase of nearly 75% from 2024, study forecasts. Explore the data ▶️ tinyurl.com/5n7dfnws @ihmeuw.bsky.social #NCDs

🧠 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) care is entering a new era. In our latest issue, a new Lancet Series highlights crucial next steps in diagnosis, treatment, & prevention of AD globally. Read this & more: tinyurl.com/259664bs

“Experts call for public health approach to suicide prevention, with social factors addressed in addition to clinical treatment services”. On #WorldSuicidePreventionDay, explore a 6-paper Series in @thelancetph.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/ycy9yue6 #WSPD

How many steps a day do we need for good health? Clue: maybe less than you think :-) Excited to share our new work in @thelancetph.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @sydney.edu.au @ucl.ac.uk @deakinuniversity.bsky.social

Editorial of The Lancet today: "The pursuit of rigorous medical science is not compatible with capitulation to government demands aimed at weaponising and eroding science" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Our new study on outcomes among people accessing #SaferOpioidSupply is out in @thelancetph.bsky.social. This study builds on work published previously across the country reinforcing the real-world benefits of #SOS and highlighting important comparisons with methadone. 🧵

We've got a new paper out today in @thelancetph.bsky.social, led by @melissaoldham.bsky.social, looking at the sharp increase in alcohol-specific deaths in England since the start of the pandemic and digging into which groups in the population have been worst affected 🧵

In our April issue, you can read a summary of the state of public health in Germany from Pr Zeeb and colleagues 📖 Public health in Germany: structures, dynamics, and ways forward www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

NEW editorial on what public health means under Trump 2.0 At The Lancet Public Health, it still means to stand for the communities we serve, to report, document, support researchers and practitioners, and advocate for better health for ALL. Read #openaccess www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Feb 2025: Our study in @thelancetph.bsky.social funded by @nihr.bsky.social finds children are nearly three-quarters more likely to develop mental health problems by the age of 18 if the firstborn child in their family experienced adversity in their first 1000 days www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Globally, between 1990 and 2021, there was a substantial increase not only in prevalent cases of all types of epilepsy, but also an increase in the age-standardised prevalence of secondary and combined epilepsy. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.bsky.social

📢Our March issue is out! Read our editorial on #obesity environments, interesting global burden disease studies of #epilepsy #suicide and more... all #Openaccess www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

New podcast episode 🎧 Pr Valery Feigin talks about the global, regional, and national burden of #epilepsy, from 1990 to 2021. Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1793453/epis... Read the article #openaccess www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

New episode of The Lancet Voice podcast where I talk about the rapid expansion of the global gambling industry and its profound public health implications, drawing on our Lancet Public Health Commission on Gambling podcasts.apple.com/gr/podcast/t... @thelancetph.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

Proud to have contributed to this paper in @thelancetph.bsky.social , which reports that of 16 European countries, England had the largest decline in life expectancy improvement (a fall in average annual improvement from 0.25 from 1990-2011 to 0.07 from 2011-2019 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

"alcohol has been shown to be a leading cause of cancer with no lower threshold" "alcohol producers have strongly opposed the introduction of mandatory cancer warning labels" Important @thelancetph.bsky.social Comment by WHO Europe scientists www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

In our Feb issue Pr Fazel @ox.ac.uk conducted a SRMA of prevalence of #severementalillness among people in prison across 43 countries. ➡️Prevalence is considerable ➡️Meeting the treatment needs of these people remains a challenge ➡️More research-friendly prison services are needed bit.ly/4hvrpWh

We documented the various commercial practices that determine gambling in our Lancet Public Health Commission on gambling. Investigative reporting providing further evidence: www.theguardian.com/society/2025... @thelancetph.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social

New #COASTstudy research led by Dr. Katherine Kooij published in the @thelancetph.bsky.social finds gains in life expectancy for females living with HIV in BC is lagging behind males living with HIV. newswire.ca/news-release... #HIVresearch #HIV #AgingWithHIV

In our Feb issue @naomiqptan.bsky.social &col reviewed the acceptability &perceptions of personalised riskbased #cancerscreening among healthcare professionals & general public ➡️a logical step to improve care quality & cancer mortality but implementation barriers must be addressed. bit.ly/4hEsTNw

"The medical and scientific communities must come together and stand up for [its vision of public health]"

Featured in our Feb issue "Educational disparities in life expectancy are large, widespread and increasing, both nationally and in most counties throughout the USA." by @ihmeuw.bsky.social & coll Read: bit.ly/4hoSYAe #publichealth #USA

Our February issue is now online: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Feel free to explore all our #openaccess content about personalized #cancerscreening, #lifeexpectancy, #mentalillness, #physicalactivity. We will highlight some content later this week. Stay tuned! #publichealth #publichealthsky