The antiviral drug Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, commonly prescribed to treat hepatitis B infection, does not significantly reduce mother-to-child transmission of the virus when taken during pregnancy and after delivery.
Instances of sexual abuse, kickback schemes, and sex trafficking at several well-known NGOs have come to light in recent years. To shine a light … Continue reading “Ensuring the integrity of global aid organizations”
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Scott Pruitt recently announced that he won’t allow the agency to use studies that include nonpublic scientific data … Continue reading “Op-ed: Pruitt wants to prevent EPA from using sound science”
A decision by The Global Fund to suspend funding for malaria and tuberculosis (TB) projects in North Korea (DPRK, the Democratic People’s Republic of … Continue reading “Op-ed: Suspension of North Korea TB funding could lead to public health crisis”
Lead poisoning experts are worried that a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plan to lower the minimum blood lead level considered … Continue reading “The real foe in childhood lead poisoning: lead paint in housing”
Doctoral student Tariana Little spoke to Boston Neighborhood News about the upcoming Youth & Public Health Summit.
Although students and others around the country are calling for more gun control and more gun violence research after a deadly high school shooting … Continue reading “Why there’s so little gun violence research”
Female-to-male trans masculine patients (TM)—those who are assigned a female sex at birth but who identify as a male—often retain their female reproductive organs … Continue reading “Self-collected specimens may boost HPV screening rates in transgender patients”
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers published an analysis of how health insurance coverage has changed under the Trump Administration in the … Continue reading “Health insurance coverage trends during Trump Administration assessed”
Childhood maltreatment and bullying —possibly related to sexual orientation-related discrimination —appear to contribute to a teen pregnancy rate among young lesbian and bisexual women … Continue reading “Bullying, childhood maltreatment linked to higher teen pregnancy rates in young lesbian, bisexual women”