Weekly Roundup
Dec 22– 28, 2025
LEADING ARTICLE
Why the ‘Lost Generation’ of white, male scientists must sue
Washington Examiner
ARTICLES AND ESSAYS
Sex/Gender
Federal health minister to launch strategy on men’s and boys’ health in 2026
Rocky Mountain Outlook
Toxic Masculinity in Australia
Secrets of Grimoire Manor
This stupid term just won’t go away...
Politics
Pew Research Center
Education
Off Label
Foreign Entanglements in the Higher Education Compact
American Enterprise Institute
New Medical School Is Already All-In on DEI
Do No Harm
Professor alleges Georgia college fired him for complaining about entitlement, plagiarism
The College Fix
Epidemiology
U.S. Mental Health Ratings Continue to Worsen
Gallup
“Excellent” mental health ratings fall below 30% for first time.
Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis–Associated Deaths — United States, 2020–2023
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Abstract: Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) is a preventable, progressive occupational lung disease caused by inhaling respirable coal mine dust, a complex mixture commonly containing coal, crystalline silica, and other silicate minerals. Early pneumoconiosis can be asymptomatic, but advanced disease often leads to disability and premature death. To describe CWP-associated mortality among U.S. residents aged ≥15 years by industry and occupation, CDC conducted an exploratory analysis of National Vital Statistics System multiple cause-of-death data for 2020–2023, the most recent years that include information on decedents’ usual industry and occupation. During 2020–2023, CWP was listed on the death certificate of 1,754 decedents (age-adjusted CWP-associated death rate = 1.3 per 1 million). By industry group, the highest number of CWP-associated deaths occurred among workers in the mining industry (1,255). The highest proportionate mortality ratios (PMRs) were among persons employed in the mining industry (PMR = 50.0) and the construction and extraction occupations (6.2). Among workers employed in the mining industry, the highest PMR was among underground mining machine operators (164.6). The continuing occurrence of CWP-associated deaths underscores the potential value of a comprehensive prevention program (maintaining efforts to control occupational coal mine dust exposures, combined with early disease detection efforts and medical care) and supports potential benefits of ongoing surveillance.
Leisure-Time Physical Activity Among Women of Reproductive Age — United States, 2022 and 2024
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Abstract: Physical activity has numerous health benefits, including for women of reproductive age (18–44 years), among whom it can prevent chronic disease, including osteoporosis, and improve maternal health. Understanding the prevalence of leisure-time physical activity among different sociodemographic groups of women of reproductive age can help guide public health interventions and messaging. Data from the 2022 and 2024 National Health Interview Survey were used to examine the prevalences of self-reported leisure-time physical activity and meeting recommendations in the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, 2nd edition, among 10,981 women aged 18–44 years by race and ethnicity, age, and educational attainment. Overall, an estimated 25.1% of women aged 18–44 years reported leisure time activity meeting recommendations for both aerobic and muscle-strengthening physical activity, 21.7% reported leisure time activity meeting only the aerobic activity recommendation, and 6.1% reported leisure time activity meeting only the muscle-strengthening activity recommendation. An estimated 47.2% of women reported leisure-time physical activity insufficient to meet either recommendation (including those reporting no leisure time physical activity). Prevalences of reported aerobic and muscle-strengthening physical activity varied by race and ethnicity, age, and educational attainment: higher percentages of younger women (women aged 18–24 years), non-Hispanic White (White) women, and women with higher levels of educational attainment met both recommendations than did older women (women aged 30–34 or 40–44 years), women who are not White, and those with less educational attainment. Given the benefits of physical activity for maternal, physical, and mental health, addressing possible population-specific barriers to physical activity among women of reproductive age could be an important strategy for improving health outcomes.
RUBBISH BIN
Curtin University
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