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What Hantavirus Is Telling Us About the Future of Health Communication

Guest Author Beverley Waithaka

Churning Out of Diabetes Management

Fellow Rylie Lillibridge

Closing the Gap in Childhood Cancer Care

Fellow Aidan Stotz

Hidden In Plain Sight

Fellow Farah Nimeri

The Sound of Survival, and the Silence of Survivorship

Fellow Aidan Stotz

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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.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

09.25.2018 Graph showing percentage of adults 35+ who receive all recommended preventive services

Preventive Care Deficit

Only 8% of surveyed adults age 35 and older received all recommended high-priority clinical preventive services.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

07.18.2018 Young woman with google in tanning bed

Preventing Tan-cer

Recently the CDC evaluated relationships between state indoor tanning laws and indoor tanning behaviors among high school students.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

06.20.2018 a diagram of a graph

HIV from Silverware? Fork No!

Even though accurate information has been widely available for over three decades, misperceptions about HIV transmission persist.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

06.15.2018 Torso with shingles blisters

Personalizing Shingles

Shingles is painful and can result in complications that can impact patients financially, but many adults opt not to receive shingles vaccination.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

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