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06.07.2024 Closeup of woman with empty blister pack of pills using telehealth pharmacy on a smartphone at home

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The Murky World of Direct-to-Consumer Telehealth

With easy access to medical services and prescriptions, the consumer appeal of direct-to-consumer telehealth providers is clear. But the disadvantages are equally clear.

Fellow Lia Musumeci

06.06.2024 Group of community health workers

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Retaining Community Health Workers

Dissatisfaction with organizational support, pay, and job security doubled the likelihood of community health workers intending to quit their jobs.

Fellow Dani Weissert

06.04.2024

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Science and Safety

On the FDA and the need to ensure that products of science remain safe from unscientific interference.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

06.03.2024

Righting Wrongs with Rights

In the first five years following the Voting Rights Act of 1965, there was a 17.5% reduction in Black infant deaths in counties covered by the legislation.

Fellow Jude Sleiman

05.28.2024

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Trust or Treat? Antibiotic Misuse

Individuals with high levels of medical mistrust were 3.2 times more likely to use non-prescription antibiotics than those with low levels of mistrust.

Fellow Dani Weissert

05.28.2024

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Patent Rights and Wrongs

On the two hundred year-old conflict between science and business.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

05.24.2024

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Ernest Grant

Ernest Grant, vice dean for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging at Duke University School of Nursing, speaks about his work to prepare nurses to meet patient needs in an increasingly diverse America.

Fellow Jude Sleiman

05.21.2024

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Public Health’s Compensation Crisis

The U.S. is facing a mass exodus of young public health workers. Salary discrepancies between the private and public sectors are not helping the problem.

Fellow Heather Sherr

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