Tag: Epidemiology
Lung cancer rates have decreased for the Marlboro Man, but have...
Estelamari Rodriguez, University of Miami
When many people think of an average lung cancer patient, they often imagine an...
What is spillover? Bird flu outbreak underscores need for early detection...
Treana Mayer, Colorado State University
The current epidemic of avian influenza has killed over 58 million birds in the...
Medical technologies have been central to US pandemic response – but...
Eyal Oren, San Diego State University
Before COVID-19, there was tuberculosis. Twentieth century British physician Thomas McKeown controversially proposed...
Yes, we should be keeping the healthier hand-washing habits we developed...
Melissa Hawkins, American University
People were washing their hands so much early in the pandemic that sensitive skin and soap shortages were common problems in...
Tylenol could be risky for pregnant women – a new review...
Ann Z. Bauer, University of Massachusetts Lowell
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The EPA is banning chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used on food...
Gina Solomon, University of California, San Francisco
On Aug. 18, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it...
25-year-long study of Black women links frequent use of lye-based hair...
Kimberly Bertrand, Boston University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The...
The next pandemic is already happening – targeted disease surveillance can...
Maureen Miller, Columbia University
As more and more people around the world are getting vaccinated, one can almost hear...