Public Health in the News (8/11/19 – 9/7/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global Two drugs have been shown to reduce the death rate of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, making it a curable [...]
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Public Health in the News (3/31/19 – 4/6/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global Yemen is experiencing a cholera outbreak, with 76,152 new cases in March alone. Large study of 195 countries finds that [...]
Public Health in the News (11/11/18 – 11/17/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global The rate of sudden cardiac death is twice as high in African Americans compared to caucasians. Europe’s drug regulatory [...]
Public Health in the News (7/8/18 – 7/14/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor Global Longitudinal study in Canada suggests that women, but not men, who work 45 hours per week or more may have an increased risk of [...]
Public Health in the News (5/27/18 – 6/2/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor National The American Cancer Society now recommends colorectal cancer screening starting at age 45, rather than age 50. President Trump [...]
Public Health in the News (5/13/18 – 5/19/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor Global The World Health Organization announced that Congo’s Ebola outbreak has spread to Mbandaka, a densely populated city. The [...]
Public Health in the News (2/18/18 – 2/24/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor Global The World Health Organization announced that measles cases in Europe quadrupled to 21,315 last year. British study suggests that [...]
Public Health in the News (1/28/18 – 2/3/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor Global Longitudinal Danish study suggests that having migraine headaches increases a person’s risk of heart attack and stroke. [...]
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