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Surviving the Stroke Belt

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

Shots Missed: The Troubling Decline in Childhood Vaccines

Fellow Jude Sleiman

A Second Set of (AI) Eyes: Smarter Screening for Lung Cancer

Fellow Aidan Stotz

The Flu Shot: Your First Step Towards Protection

Fellow Heather Sherr

Causes and Costs of Global COVID-19 Vaccine Inequity

Guest Author Maddalena Ferranna

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02.13.2019 tuberculosis bacterium model

Recessions and Tuberculosis

Researchers examined the impact of the 2007-2009 recession on tuberculosis in California. They found the recession slowed the decline of TB in the state.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

01.30.2019 EKG showing atrial fibrillation

Race and Novel Prescription Drugs

Research by Essien and colleagues found that Black patients with atrial fibrillation were less likely to receive the newer class of DOAC blood thinner medications than White patients.

Guest Author Utibe R. Essien

01.24.2019 a close up of a person's mouth

Vaccines and Conspiracies

Near the end of 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data made clear that a small but increasing number of children in the United States were not getting recommended vaccinations.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

10.31.2018 Map of the US showing breast cancer hot spots for Hispanic women

Where Breast Cancer Kills the Most

County-level findings of breast cancer deaths across the United States between 2000 and 2015 showed significant risk of breast cancer mortality among Hispanic women in the south and southwest.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

09.27.2018 Graph comparing rates of Black Lung in the US, Central Appalachia, and the US excluding Central Appalachia

Resurgence of Black Lung in Central Appalachia

The Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP) was created to identify and stop the progression of black lung in coal miners. However, coal miners in central Appalachia are experiencing a resurgence of black lung.