Remember the ladies: 6 women who made a difference in public health
By Virginia Nowakowski, NPHR Editor What do public health nerds and Game of Thrones fans have in common? “Jon Snow.” Anyone who studies public health has learned about [...]
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Public Health in the News (1/20/19 – 1/26/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global New study suggests that a blood test for a certain protein may predict Alzheimer’s disease up to 16 years before [...]
Public Health in the News (3/11/18 – 3/24/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor Global Tuberculosis is making an aggressive comeback in Venezuela, a country with a broken health care system. South Sudan has [...]
Public Health in the News – May 11, 2015
Global After 15 months, Liberia is Ebola-free! Nature interviews Seth Berkley, chief executive of the GAVI Alliance, about bringing vaccines to people around the world. [...]
Public Health in the News – April 19, 2015
Global An unknown disease, which causes death within a day, is spreading through a Nigerian town. Biomedical researchers are beginning to worry that reform of the Canadian [...]
Public Health in the News – March 8, 2015
Global China has made dramatic policy improvements to try to improve air quality within the country. One of the driving forces behind these changes came from tweets about air [...]
Public Health in the News – November 2, 2014
Global The World Health Organization’s resources have been overwhelmed by the Ebola epidemic, which means they can’t oversee the destruction of smallpox virus [...]
Public Health in the News – October 12, 2014
Global HIV-positive individuals may end up needing new organs due to health issues, but they are not eligible for organ transplants. Now, a South African doctor is [...]
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