Happy Tuesday! We're back after a week off. Did we miss anything? (Don't answer that.)

Lots to dig into: Ticks are top of mind and showing up at a higher-than-normal rate this year, while the stomach flu is at its seasonal peak, and measles could be quietly becoming endemic in Utah. Plus: a CDC rabies testing pause that’s less scary than the headlines suggest but points...

YLE is on our annual spring break this week! Which means a pause in the newsletters hitting your inbox.

This week also happens to be National Public Health Week. It’s our time to shine! Public health is, quite literally, an invisible shield, and it’s essential to make it visible.

A teenager in crisis is still alive because their parents put a lock on that...

Last week, in a lovely New Haven bar, six people gathered in front of a crowd to tell stories that were somehow related to science and public health. It was magical.

One person talked about learning how social determinants of health helped them forgive their mother’s alcoholism. Another shared what it’s been like navigating a dementia diagnosis. Another described their ...

Sunscreen. Lightweight dresses. Bug spray. That one snack my youngest will actually eat on a plane. And two tablets (but without YouTube downloaded because my kids have meltdowns when I take it away).

I’m leaving for Costa Rica soon, but mid-packing, two things hit my inbox, and the timing felt almost poetic:

A landmark lawsuit against major social media platform...

Good morning!

Spring is here, and so is a shift in what’s circulating. Flu season is officially behind us, tick season is just getting started, and a new Covid-19 variant is making the rounds in the news and on social media (but has not yet been felt in hospitals). And with Lyme disease season upon us, the news of a long-awaited vaccine couldn’t be more timely, though t...