Tag: Epidemiology
The ugly side of beauty: Chemicals in cosmetics threaten college-age women’s...
Leslie Hart, College of Charleston
Walk through the personal care aisles of your local store and you’ll see dozens...
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
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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...
EXPLORING NATURE
Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were...
Ben Marwick, University of Washington
New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before....
