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Infant Health Starts Before Conception

Exploring Health

The Role of Nutrition in Fetal Development and Beyond Development from fetus to child to adult depends on maternal nutrition and health long before conception. This is a time period of enormous potential, but also enormous vulnerability, says Melissa Young, PhD, associate professor of global health at Emory University.

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Sweet drinks, sour outcomes: a global health wake-up call

News Medical Health Sciences

Sugar-sweetened beverages contribute significantly to global burdens of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, with disparities driven by age, education, and region. This study emphasizes the urgent need for targeted policies and public health interventions to address these preventable risks.

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SPH Selects Winners of Dean’s Innovation Challenge

BU School of Public Health Blog

Dean Stein launched the competition on January 2, writing in his first message as dean, In 2025, the world needs the best work of public health more than ever [] We find ourselves at an extraordinary moment of challenge and opportunity.

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Groundbreaking vaccine study offers hope for ending meningitis in Africa

News Medical Health Sciences

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers helped conduct an important new global health study that found a vaccine that protects against five strains of meningitis prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa is safe and effective for use in young children beginning at 9 months of age.

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Podcast from Washington: Global Health Exchange with Dr. Lee Smith Executive Director and County Health Officer, Monongalia County Health Department

The NACCHO Podcast Series

In this week’s Podcast from Washington, Government Affairs team member Ian Goldstein discusses tobacco legislation advanced by the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee that would raise the federal tobacco purchasing age to 21, ban flavored tobacco products, and require face-to-face sales.

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Emerging solutions to the global increase in chronic kidney disease

Association of Health Care Journalists

Unlike chronic kidney disease with known causes such as diabetes, which increases in prevalence with age, this type of kidney disease is seen in younger and middle-aged adults and sometimes even children. Mortality has doubled over the past 20 years, sparking a public health exploration into the epidemic.

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Compassion Amidst Conflict: The Vital Role of Social Helpers for Elderly Women in Ukraine

BMJ Global Health

Elderly women, who represent over 60% of Ukraine’s aging population, are among the most vulnerable groups impacted by the conflict, yet their plight remains largely overlooked. The emotional toll of grief, compounded by the physical scars of aging and the trauma of losing loved ones and witnessing destruction, adds to their suffering.