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11.21.2019 a map of the united states

PrEP Talk

Improving access to PrEP across the country for those out-of-reach from nearby providers will be a crucial component to end the HIV epidemic by 2030.

Fellow Greg Kantor

11.18.2019 a graph of a vaccine

Vaccine Hesitancy Is Still Trending

Vaccine advocates are drowning out vaccine denouncers. Very few are engaging others and changing opinions as tweeters exist in separate bubbles.

Fellow Greg Kantor

11.15.2019 a graph of a bar chart

Mental & Behavioral Health

Updating Your Health Status

Questions about privacy and consent arise as researchers predict diagnoses by analyzing individuals' Facebook status updates and electronic medical records.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

11.13.2019 a graph of a bar chart

Cuts and Condoms

Black men are impacted by HIV more than any other group in the US, and programs like Barbershop Talk with Brothers could reduce HIV inequities nationwide.

Fellow Jori Fortson

11.11.2019 a map of the united states with red and blue dots

Family Non-Planning

Changes to Title X could impose an impossible choice for American women: accept limited and potentially misleading care or forgo family planning altogether.

Fellow Greg Kantor

11.04.2019 a map of the united states

Professional Protection

How will the Supreme Court's decision determine health insurance coverage and employment protections for LGBTQ+ Americans?

Fellow Jori Fortson

10.08.2019 a graphic of a disease

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

10.03.2019 a graph of increasing numbers and a line

Medicaid Meals

States with medicaid expansion show a drop in food insecurity among low-income populations as compared to non-expansion states.

Fellow Jori Fortson

10.01.2019 a chart of cosmetics related injuries

Killer Cosmetics

When the US poison control center receives a new report, oftentimes the person harmed is a child under two years old, and cosmetics are to blame.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

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