Public Health in the News (1/6/19 – 1/12/19)

By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief

Global

• New research suggests that Rift Valley fever may be even more dangerous to pregnant women than Zika virus.

National

• New report by the American Cancer Society states that the U.S. cancer death rate has been decreasing for at least 25 years.
• Large study suggests that Alzheimer’s disease may develop differently in African Americans, a population more vulnerable to the disease.

Northwestern

• Northwestern Medicine study suggests that a new full-body scan may improve chemotherapy effectiveness by assessing toxicity.