Vaccine Hesitancy in the COVID-19 Era
By Sapna Suresh In 1998, a then-credible British scientist named Andrew Wakefield published a seemingly groundbreaking study in the medical journal The Lancet. The article [...]
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Public Health in the News (6/9/19 – 6/29/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global New study shows that vaccines against the human papillomavirus have reduced infections, warts, and precancerous lesions [...]
Public Health in the News (5/19/19 – 5/25/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global The Philippines is experiencing one of the world’s worst measles outbreaks, with more than 33,000 cases since [...]
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 (2/17/19 – 2/23/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global Japan is experiencing its worst measles outbreak in years, with 167 reported cases. National New report claims that the FDA, [...]
Public Health in the News (1/27/19 – 2/9/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global New report shows that 45 packaged fruit juices tested positive for heavy metals. The measles outbreak in the Philippines is [...]
Public Health in the News (1/13/19 – 1/19/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global New study shows an association between poor sleep and increased risk of atherosclerosis throughout the body. National New [...]
