Public Health in the News (1/1/20 – 1/11/20)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief National The American Cancer Society reported that cancer death rates in United States had the largest single-year drop between 2016 [...]
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Public Health in the News (6/9/19 – 6/29/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global New study shows that vaccines against the human papillomavirus have reduced infections, warts, and precancerous lesions [...]
Public Health in the News (3/17/19 – 3/23/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global Study conducted in Iran shows that people who drink very hot tea are at an increased risk of esophageal cancer. Drinking [...]
Public Health in the News (1/27/19 – 2/9/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global New report shows that 45 packaged fruit juices tested positive for heavy metals. The measles outbreak in the Philippines is [...]
Mummies had cancer? A brief history of a long-lived disease
By Virginia Nowakowski, NPHR Editor One hundred years ago, you were most likely to die from pneumonia. That’s if tuberculosis or diarrhea didn’t finish you off, according [...]
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 [...]
Public Health in the News (12/2/18 – 12/15/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global Research on European children shows that physical activity declines begin as early as 6 years of age. National Study [...]
Public Health in the News (10/28/18 – 11/10/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global Merck & Co. Inc. is ending a long-term agreement to supply a life-saving rotavirus vaccine to children in West Africa. [...]
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