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Public health

George Mwinnyaa
Student scholar
'A door-opening opportunity'
Published Aug 12, 2016
Rising senior George Mwinnyaa, a public health studies major, earns coveted NIH Undergraduate Scholarship
Epidemiology
Public health behind bars
Published Aug 4, 2016
Study finds that prisons contribute to global health epidemics such as tuberculosis, hepatitis, HIV / The Baltimore Sun
Illustration of someone holding phone, playing Pokémon Go
Get up and go
Pandemic or prescription?
Published Aug 4, 2016
A public health perspective on the Pokémon Go gaming craze, which has tens of millions talking—and walking / Global Health NOW
What's next?
Gathering storms for public health
Published June 10, 2016
Authors discuss pandemics, mental illness in prisons, and social justice movements at Bloomberg School event
What's next for public health?
Published June 6, 2016
Bloomberg School invites four writers for discussion of big issues, including pandemics, mental health, social justice
Zika hackathon
Fighting the bite
Published April 11, 2016
Modified mosquito trap, repellent soap among top designs at Zika virus challenge
Extinguished cigarette
Big data
Health awareness analysis
Published April 1, 2016
Do awareness efforts, like the Great American Smokeout, have an impact on our behavior?
Zika challenge
Protection by design
Published March 31, 2016
Wanted: Solutions to prevent mosquito bites, stop Zika's spread
Close up of yellow fever mosquito, or Aedes aegypti
Public health
Last piece of dengue puzzle?
Published March 16, 2016
Single-dose vaccine 100 percent effective in preventing virus in small clinical trial
HIV/AIDS
The 'Charlie Sheen Effect'
Published Feb 22, 2016 Video
Study author: Actor's announcement 'potentially the most significant domestic HIV prevention event ever'