Enjoy the Skies, Protect Your Eyes
By Rasa Valiauga For decades now, Americans have been aware of the risk of sun damage and its association with skin cancer. Many companies and government agencies have been [...]
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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. [...]
Public Health in the News – October 18, 2015
Global Several of the Nobel prizes went to people whose work has an impact on public health: the Nobel in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to scientists who found [...]
Public Health in the News – April 26, 2015
Global The biggest science news story to come out in a long time: Chinese scientists reported that they edited the DNA of human embryos. Carl Zimmer provides a great summary [...]
Public Health in the News – March 22, 2015
Global In many parts of the world, the prevalence of nearsightedness is dramatically increasing. Some studies are linking myopia in children to the amount of time spent [...]
Public Health in the News (February 8th, 2015)
Global In an interesting twist of events, a recent NPR article discuses the remarkable observation that many poor countries like Tanzania (99%) have far better vaccination [...]
Public Health in the News – September 29, 2014
Global Nature News has a fantastic profile of Sheik Humarr Khan and other public health workers as they fought against Ebola in Sierra Leone. Science is not enough to stop [...]
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