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Cancer In the Shadow of Nuclear Plants

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

My Disease Is Not Benign In Any Sense of the Word

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

Chronic Kidney Disease Is a Global Heart Risk Hiding In Plain Sight

Fellow Aidan Stotz

The Real Cost of “Unnecessary Spending”

Fellow Aidan Stotz

Stand Up for Your Health

Fellow Aidan Stotz

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10.10.2025 Heart beat on an EKG monitor

The Heart’s Changing Beat

Since 1970, deaths from ischemic heart disease have drastically declined. But deaths from other heart conditions have risen by 81%.

Fellow Aidan Stotz

10.02.2025 Illustration of digital overload and its impact on the human brain, showcasing fragmented thoughts, information overload. Misinformation and disease spread concept

Illustration of digital overload and its impact on the human brain, showcasing fragmented thoughts, information overload. Misinformation and disease spread concept

When Lies Go Viral, So Does Disease

The online response to COVID-19 highlighted how social circles often shape people's susceptibility to misinformation.

Fellow Aidan Stotz

10.01.2025 young Black man facing away from camera at a doctor's visit. cancer screening concept

Missed Opportunities: Gaps in Cancer Screening Among Men Living with HIV

For men in the South living with HIV, seeking anal cancer screening is deeply inequitable, with age and partner gender playing key roles.

Fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond

09.26.2025 Close-up of an elderly man's hand holding his chest in pain. Heart attack concept

Beyond the Hollywood Heart Attack

Many people misunderstand the symptoms of heart attacks due to misleading media portrayals, which can delay critical treatment and care.

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

09.23.2025 young woman getting a mammogram. breast cancer concept

The Community-Level Impact of Poverty on Late-Stage Breast Cancer

While late-stage breast cancer diagnoses have declined overall since 2004, areas experiencing persistent poverty have seen little progress.

Guest Author Heather Sherr

09.15.2025 Portrait of a young man looking out a window

A Generation Growing Up Sick

In the last ten years, rates of obesity, depression, high blood pressure, and other chronic conditions have increased among young adults.

Fellow Aidan Stotz

09.09.2025 Syringe in gloved hand on white background. Vaccination concept

When Ideology Clashes With Immunity

Even slight declines in childhood vaccination coverage can cause hospitalizations and other complications to rise dramatically.

Fellow Aidan Stotz

08.22.2025 gloved hand of scientist taking a sample of wastewater

Early Warning Signs from Wastewater Surveillance

Wastewater surveillance is a reliable public health tool, but expanding its reach is essential for disease response and health equity.

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

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