Public Health in the News (7/14/19 – 8/3/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Ebola virus has reached Goma, and the World Health Organization announced the outbreak as a public health...
View ArticlePublic Health in the News (8/4/19 – 8/10/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global The World Resources Institute reported that a quarter of the world’s population is living in countries facing water crises.The Philippines has declared a...
View ArticlePublic Health in the News (8/11/19 – 9/7/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global Two drugs have been shown to reduce the death rate of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, making it a curable disease. National Public health...
View ArticlePublic Health in the News (9/8/19 – 9/14/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief National The Trump administration plans to ban flavored e-cigarettes in response to the vaping crisis.The U.S. Census Bureau shared that almost half a million...
View ArticlePublic Health in the News (9/15/19 – 10/5/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global India banned the sale of electronic cigarettes.New study suggests association between congenital heart defects and parents’ alcohol consumption before...
View ArticleForced from Home: One Year Later
By Sheila Burt In the fall of 2018, Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières or MSF) held the interactive exhibition “Forced from Home” in the Daley Plaza to educate the public on the global...
View ArticlePublic Health in the News (1/1/20 – 1/11/20)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief National The American Cancer Society reported that cancer death rates in United States had the largest single-year drop between 2016 and 2017.The FDA banned...
View ArticleAnnouncing our New Print Issue – Allergy
We are excited to announce our latest print issue, Allergy. In this issue, we explore the dynamic chronic disease of allergies from both an individual and a population-based perspective. (Click Here...
View ArticleEntertainment as a Tool for Health Behavior Change
By Sapna Suresh The radio soap opera Toma mi Mano, a 156-episode Spanish-language program broadcast across all 22 departments in Guatemala, features Ruth: a young woman who suffered years of sexual...
View ArticleYemen is on the edge of a cliff. Will COVID-19 push it over?
By Giancarlo Atassi, MPH; Nina Zhou, BA; and Alexandra Isaia, BS COVID-19 continues to take a significant toll on the global community. In the United States, healthcare workers are...
View ArticleVaccine Hesitancy in the COVID-19 Era
By Sapna Suresh In 1998, a then-credible British scientist named Andrew Wakefield published a seemingly groundbreaking study in the medical journal The Lancet. The article detailed the stories of...
View ArticleWorld Hepatitis Day: for awareness, education, and remembrance
By Rachel Iannotti Last week the US kicked off Hepatitis Awareness Week on July 26th in preparation for World Hepatitis Day which is recognized annually on July 28th. This day commemorates the birthday...
View ArticleImmunization Relations
By Rachel Iannotti In honor of August being National Immunization Awareness month, there seems to be no better time to discuss the ever-intriguing, sadly-still-debated, vital field of vaccination...
View ArticleMonth of Awareness: November
By Isabelle Kang, NPHR Blog Editor In honor of November being national diabetes and COPD awareness month, here is a quick overview of these 2 important public health issues. TYPE 2 DIABETES Diabetes...
View ArticleMonth of Awareness: January
In honor of January being national cervical health awareness month, here is a quick overview of cervical cancer, one of the most preventable and treatable forms of cancer. More than 11,000 people are...
View ArticleMonth of Awareness: February
By Isabelle Kang In honor of January being national American Heart Month, here is a quick overview of cardiovascular health, especially for women. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the...
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