Public Health in the News (10/21/18 – 10/27/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief National The Health and Human Services secretary announced that the number of drug overdose deaths in the United States is beginning [...]
genetics
Public Health in the News (5/20/18 – 5/26/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor Global The World Health Organization, for the first time, published a list of 113 diagnostic tests considered essential to any [...]
Curing genetic diseases from the inside-out: The prospect of CRISPR-Cas gene therapy to treat hearing loss
By Jackson Campbell Genetically Inherited Diseases (GIDs) constitute to a large number of the debilitating and deadly threats to human health we face in the world today. From [...]
Public Health in the News (4/8/18 – 4/14/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor National New report from Blue Cross Blue Shield shows an increase in life-threatening allergic reactions in children from 2010 to 2016. [...]
Public Health in the News (11/19/17 – 11/25/17)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor Global New report states that almost 21 million people around the world are now receiving life-prolonging AIDS drugs. Public health [...]
Public Health in the News (11/5/17 – 11/18/17)
By Grace Bellinger – Blog Editor Global New study suggests that IUDs may reduce the risk of cervical cancer by 30%. Experts warn that bird flu is spreading in Asia, with [...]
Public Health in the News (10/29/17 – 11/4/17)
By Grace Bellinger – Blog Editor Global The World Health Organization announced that the plague outbreak in Madagascar appears to be waning. Study in Hong Kong finds an [...]
Big Data and Health: A Primer
By Makda Zewde, NPHR Editor You’ve probably noticed some hype surrounding the term “big data” in recent years. The concept is relatively new in human history; an [...]
