Public Health in the News (5/5/19 – 5/11/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief National The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 3 in 5 pregnancy-related deaths in the United States are [...]
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Public Health in the News (4/21/19 – 5/4/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global The World Health Organization announced that Malawi became the first country to start immunizing children against [...]
Public Health in the News (2/24/19 – 3/9/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global Longitudinal study on 657,461 children in Denmark reports that children who received the MMR vaccine were less likely to [...]
Public Health in the News (9/2/18 – 9/8/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor Global Longitudinal study in Korea suggests that smoking is associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other [...]
Two birds, one stone: The unmet need of targeted interventions for poor sleep and smoking habits in young adults
By Misol Kwon, RN, BSN Although the prevalence of conventional cigarette smoking has been decreasing over the last couple of decades [1,2], electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) [...]
Public Health in the News (6/3/18 – 6/9/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor Global The World Health Organization announced an outbreak of Nipah virus in India, with 17 people having died from the disease [...]
Public Health in the News (1/21/18 – 1/27/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor National Philadelphia officials announced that they plan to be the first U.S. city to set up drug safe injection sites, since the city [...]
Public Health in the News (12/10/17 – 12/16/17)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor Global Study shows that women with high glucose readings during pregnancy are at an increased risk of giving birth to babies with heart [...]
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