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2012

Impact of Medicaid on health of the poor July 28, 2012

An HSPH study showing potential health benefits of states expanding Medicaid to more low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act,…

Most prostate cancer patients don't die from the disease: study July 27, 2012

Coverage in the Philadelphia Inquirer, July 27, 2012, featuring HSPH postdoc Mara Epstein

New IOM report: demanding value from our health care system July 26, 2012

Within the past decade, health care costs have risen by 88% and are expected to account for 18% of GDP…

Holistic treatment in Haiti: implications from a groundbreaking study July 26, 2012

Coverage in TheBodyPRO.com of study led by HSPH's Linda Marc, July 26, 2012

Where do we stand in the fight against AIDS? July 25, 2012

More than 23,000 delegates from over 195 countries are gathered this week (July 22-27, 2012) in Washington, D.C., for the XIX…

Medicaid expansion may lower death rates, study says July 25, 2012

Coverage in the New York Times, July 25, 2012, featuring HSPH's Benjamin Sommers

New York soda ban proposal: public hearing gets impassioned July 24, 2012

Coverage in the Christian Science Monitor, July 24, 2012, featuring HSPH's Walter Willett

Bird flu research needs broader discussion July 24, 2012

HSPH infectious disease expert Marc Lipsitch is concerned that the public has shown little interest in the debate over the…

Funding, political support critical for polio eradication July 24, 2012

The 24-year international campaign to eradicate polio is “within striking distance of its goal,” but could become undone if obstacles…

HSPH’s Curtis Huttenhower honored by President Obama July 23, 2012

Curtis Huttenhower, assistant professor of computational biology and bioinformatics in the Department of Biostatistics at HSPH, was one of 96…