Investing in Antibiotics Critical to Saving Lives During Pandemic Influenza Outbreaks
Pandemic preparedness plans call for maintaining stocks of antivirals, antibiotics, and vaccines; however, the value of stockpiling or conserving the
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Google Adds Local Opioid Disposal Data to Maps, Search
Google is working to support public health by adding detailed opioid disposal site data to its maps and search results,
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For Better Population Health, Invest in Primary Care Providers
A higher number of primary care providers (PCPs) in a given region is associated with significant gains in life expectancy
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Could Blockchain Ensure Integrity of Clinical Trial Data?
“Everyone is talking about how blockchain is going to revolutionize many of the data challenges in medicine, and here is
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Structural Barriers are the Biggest Reason for Low Participation in Clinical Trials
The team from Fred Hutch, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN),
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We’re Not Using One of Our Best Weapons against Drug-Resistant Microbes
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been hailed as one of the biggest threats to humanity. The number of deaths caused by
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Google Searches Could Predict Heroin Overdoses
About 115 people nationwide die every day from opioid overdoses, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Why are there so Few Autism Specialists?
When Natasha Marrus started her residency in general psychiatry in 2007, none of her 11 classmates ever mentioned autism. They
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Climate Change is a Public Health Emergency
Ever since human-caused climate change emerged into public consciousness around the late 1980s, news stories and public awareness campaigns surrounding
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Physician-Targeted Marketing is Associated with Increase in Opioid Overdose Deaths, Study Shows
Many individuals cite prescription opioids as their gateway to illicit opioid use. However, while prescription opioids are involved in more
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