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FeaturedPublic Health Using Funding to Reduce Hospital Acquired Infections Section 3008 of the Affordable Care Act went into effect October 1, 2014, penalizing the…Jason RoyalFebruary 6, 2017
FeaturedPublic Health New Technology to Combat Ebola is Paper Thin A potential new tool in the ongoing fight against Ebola has been developed by researchers…Jason RoyalFebruary 6, 2017
Public Health Public Health Behind Bars When you think of public health, you probably don’t think of prisons. Prisoners as a…Jason RoyalFebruary 6, 2017
Public Health How Climate Change Affects Public Health Last year was the hottest year since we began keeping track of temperatures in 1880.…Jason RoyalFebruary 6, 2017
Public Health Chagas Disease: The New HIV? Chagas disease, or American trypanosomiasis, causes symptoms like diarrhea and fever in its early stages; more…Dale BongbongFebruary 6, 2017
Public Health Prions Part 2: Prions Are Not All Bad News If you haven't already, first read part 1 of this post: Prions - Proteins that…Jason RoyalFebruary 6, 2017
Public Health Prions Part 1: Proteins That Won’t Follow the Rules Prions are misfolded proteins that cause other proteins to refold into diseased states. In its…Jason RoyalFebruary 6, 2017
Public Health Meat as a Carcinogen? The WHO’s Report The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an independent agency under the WHO, released a…Kailyn KimJanuary 30, 2017
Wellness The Female Effect: Estrogen and the Flu Virus A new nasal cell study by Dr. Sabra Klein and her team from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School…Bansari PatelJanuary 30, 2017
Healthcare Witnessing Unethical Behavior in Healthcare The practice of medicine is full of ethical issues and challenges. How should a medical…Rupleen KaurJanuary 30, 2017
Healthcare The First Few Days of Gross Anatomy Every year, fresh faces entering medical school partake in the centuries-old rite of passage of…Rupleen KaurJanuary 30, 2017
Wellness There’s Bacteria In My Cookie! There's something dangerous lurking in that cookie—something potentially more dangerous than the seven grams of…Michelle LeungJanuary 25, 2017
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Wellness The Psychology of Facebook Likes For those who choose to participate, it is a way of life, and for those who don’t,…Quang CaoJanuary 23, 2017
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Medicine Onions: Offering You More than Tears Onions may be famous for giving you bad breath and bringing tears to your eyes,…Tammy AuyeungJanuary 6, 2017