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 [...]
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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 (6/17/18 – 6/23/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor Global After 30 years of efforts to eradicate Guinea worm, the parasite is now infecting dogs in Chad. National Large longitudinal study [...]
Public Health in the News (4/1/18 – 4/7/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor Global Study finds that higher doses of tuberculosis medications than that recommended by the World Health Organization may be necessary [...]
Public Health in the News (12/3/17 – 12/9/17)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor Global Study in Denmark shows that all methods of hormonal birth control, including IUDs, are associated with a slightly elevated risk [...]
Public Health in the News (7/9/17 – 7/15/17)
By Grace Bellinger – Blog Editor Global The United Nations announced that it has suspended the cholera vaccination campaign in Yemen since the efforts would be [...]
Public Health in the News – March 16th
Global Rice was genetically modified to contain Vitamin A. Many groups opposing genetically modified foods stopped this “Golden rice” from being introduced to [...]
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