A newly announced U.S. commitment to end the spread of HIV in the U.S. by the year 2030 is achievable, thanks to prevention and … Continue reading “How can HIV transmission be halted in the U.S.? Here are some ways.”
Direct-to-consumer DNA testing company 23andMe announced that it will start offering to gauge people’s risk for diabetes based on their genetic profile, but experts … Continue reading “Experts skeptical of 23andMe’s new test for assessing diabetes risk”
Efforts are underway to give patients more access to their own health information, but whether they’ll be able to make good use of such … Continue reading “Access to personal health data presents challenges and opportunities for patients”
Recent data on nonfatal gun injuries from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may not be trustworthy, according to experts and even … Continue reading “Questioning the reliability of gun injury data”
Marcia Castro—an expert who draws on statistical models, satellite images, and field research to understand the spread and impact of malaria and other infectious … Continue reading “How Marcia Castro is fighting malaria in Brazil”
An organization called Partnership for America’s Health Care Future, whose members include pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, and private hospitals, has been running an online … Continue reading “Strong opposition to Medicare for All from insurance industry”
The journal Cancer highlighted Howard Koh’s many accomplishments in public health research and policy.
A typical treadmill stress test can take 10-15 minutes. But new research from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health suggests there may be … Continue reading “Push-ups as a ‘quick and dirty’ predictor of heart health”
The U.S. firearm homicide rate is 25 times higher than in other high-income countries, and the firearm suicide rate is eight times higher.
Evidence suggests that there is no single cause, or gene, for autism.