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How Denialism Spreads Across Pandemics

Guest Author Seth C. Kalichman

Color Coding Breast Cancer Outcomes

Fellow Hannah Tremont

AI’s Least Glamorous Job

Guest Author Brandon Huynh

The Sound of Survival, and the Silence of Survivorship

Fellow Aidan Stotz

It's Time to Update Our Approach to Cancer Prevention

Guest Author Mary C. White

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11.14.2019 a man wearing glasses and a suit

Onyebuchi Arah

Oluwatobi Alliyu profiles Dr. Onyebuchi Arah to highlight current trends of noncommunicable diseases and social inequities in the US and around the world.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

10.14.2019 a blue sign on the road

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Chronic Disease

Diabetes, Dialysis, and Documentation

Without Medicaid expansion, undocumented patients with end-stage renal disease have no other pathways for dialysis but sporadic emergency department care.

Guest Authors Alane Celeste-Villalvir, Meghan Wolfe

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Hectic Vectors

The incidence of insect-borne diseases, like Eastern Equine Encephalitis, continues to rise across the US. Blame it on climate change.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

09.18.2019 Graph showing the decrease in AIDS deaths

What Works for HIV

San Francisco has focused on prevention and treatment efforts to decrease the number of HIV diagnoses and AIDS deaths, informing future HIV responses.

Editor Nicholas Diamond

09.02.2019 a map of the united states with red dots and numbers

Measles Madness

Health authorities declared that measles had been eliminated from the nation in 2000, yet the virus has reemerged at alarmingly high rates in 2019.

Fellow Jori Fortson

07.19.2019 a group of sheep in a field

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Vaccination Is Not a Personal Healthcare Choice

Preserving personal freedom is a rising response to vaccination. It is now vital to control the public narrative on vaccines to protect our communities.

Guest Author Matthew Woodruff

07.09.2019 a graph of a cost per patient

The Cost of Insulin

As total out-of-pocket spending on insulin has quadrupled from 2007 to 2017, lawmakers and industry leaders are put under pressure to control the prices.

Fellow Julia Garcia

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Understanding the Cost of Insulin

Insulin prices have steadily increased into being often unaffordable. The drug patent system and lack of regulations may be big contributors to the problem.

Fellow Julia Garcia

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