go to Disease( parent category ) Disease Chronic Disease

Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death and disability in the United States. They are also largely preventable.

05.31.2018 Graph comparing receipt and timeliness of breast cancer care in the US vs US territories

US Territories and Breast Cancer Care

Women in US territories are less likely to receive timely diagnosis and recommended care for breast cancer than women living in continental United States.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

01.31.2018 a graph of different colored circles

Non-Communicable Disease in Low and Middle Income Countries

Non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular and respiratory disease, diabetes, and depression, cause 70% of deaths globally.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

12.01.2017 Graph of reaching ART 90% coverage by 2020 under two assumptions about future HIV transmission

The End of AIDS is in the Details

The United Nations’ Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has a goal to eradicate AIDS by 2030. One of the most difficult facets of reaching the end of AIDS, they say, will be knowing when we’ve gotten there.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

11.13.2017 A crushed cigarette

A “Micro-Ounce” of Cancer Prevention

Precision medicine holds great promise for managing and treating cancer. Yet an underfunded and underutilized breakthrough is already available: cancer prevention.

Guest Author Megan Healey