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12.06.2022 a graph of a number of individuals

Freaking Fracking

Living within two kilometers of a fracking site is associated with two to three times greater risk of developing leukemia, according to Pennsylvania data.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

11.30.2022 a collage of graphs and charts

Mental Health Impact

Children who experienced a concussion had a 40% greater risk of developing mental health issues over the following decade than children who had sustained an orthopedic injury.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

11.29.2022 a blue and orange pie chart

The High Suicide Rates Among Indigenous Populations

Suicide rates among U.S. Indigenous populations increased by 40% between 2010 and 2020, as shown in a new visualization created by the Center for Antiracist Research.

Guest Authors Elaine O. Nsoesie, Yukun Yang

11.18.2022 a graph of a number of people with their condition

Health Equity

Between the Loads: Health Care at the Laundromat?

New research suggests laundromats could provide a stage for public health interventions.

Fellow Abby Outterson

11.16.2022 a graph of a graph showing the number of covid-19

Health Equity

Expand Voting Rights for Health: Yes or No?

Researchers measured COVID-19 case and mortality data with the burden of voting restrictions across U.S. counties with different demographic makeups.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

11.10.2022 a graph of a number of people with symptoms and a few other people with their own hands

Hungry for Health

Campus food pantries are linked to better health among college students.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

11.02.2022 a graph of different colored bars

Outlawing Immigrants and Alienating Health

Researchers assessed how state-based immigration criminalization policies influenced how Latinx and Asian Pacific Islander citizens and noncitizens rated their health.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

10.28.2022 a graph of a patient's disease

Behind the Screen-ing

Where veterans receive health care is more impactful than individual factors for lung cancer screening rates.

Fellow Connor McCombs

10.26.2022 a graph of a vaccine

Are Racial Differences in Flu Vaccination Rates Widening?

Differences in flu vaccination rates across racial groups in the U.S. are widening, as shown in a visualization from the Center for Antiracist Research in a new PHP series.

Guest Authors Yukun Yang, Elaine O. Nsoesie

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