UNC Epidemiology Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Ania Wellere is transforming health care by utilizing lived experiences. What’s your role in public health? I also serve as a research assistant for Dr. Melissa Cox, which gives me the opportunity to work on an alcohol policy database that could potentially change the Alcohol Policy score for the state of North Carolina.

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HEALTHBEAT

MARCH 13, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free Atlanta newsletter here. A study published in Social Science and Medicine in January examined some of the potential mental health effects related to the current political climate. Supreme Courts decision to rescind national abortion protections.

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Better Health For All

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

In recent years we have seen a concerning global trend away from evidence-based policies designed to protect and improve health. campaign, a multi-year initiative which aims to reinforce the fundamental contributions of public health and its global workforce. What is Public Health?

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Frontiers

APRIL 24, 2023

The event, now in its eighth year, will address critical issues including the climate crisis, improving global health and well-being, and preserving biodiversity. By facilitating dialogue and partnerships among these leaders, the Forum is helping to catalyze transformational change and build a brighter future.

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HEALTHBEAT

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. The Task Force for Global Health’s Center for Vaccine Equity, based in Decatur, has a worldwide view of efforts to eradicate infectious diseases like polio, measles, and hepatitis B. Could you talk about your public health background?

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Frontiers

JUNE 5, 2023

This year’s Frontiers Forum Live brought top researchers, innovators, and influencers together in-person and virtually, united in a common mission to accelerate the global transition to open science and mobilize solutions for critical challenges – with the most urgent being to reach net-zero carbon to prevent climate disaster.

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Gideon

MARCH 26, 2025

With climate change, dormant threats are awakening and tropical diseases are headed to the West, creating a perfect storm for a global health crisis. The post How climate change affects the spread of infectious diseases appeared first on GIDEON. It killed a child and ravaged entire herds of reindeers.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

JANUARY 16, 2025

But far fewer people are familiar with chikungunya, a tropical disease likely to increase with the continuing effects of climate change. One reason chikungunya gets so little respect is that the size of its potential health and its economic burden have been underestimated. One DALY is the loss of one year of full health.)

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KFF Health News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

” To understand how the bird flu got out of hand, KFF Health News interviewed nearly 70 government officials, farmers and farmworkers, and researchers with expertise in virology, pandemics, veterinary medicine, and more. health security system that would allow other risky new pathogens to take root, too. Case in point: The U.S.

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HEALTHBEAT

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. To understand how the bird flu got out of hand, KFF Health News interviewed nearly 70 government officials, farmers and farmworkers, and researchers with expertise in virology, pandemics, veterinary medicine, and more. Case in point: The U.S.

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HEALTHBEAT

JANUARY 27, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. For decades, the United States has held considerable power in determining the direction of global health policies and programs. Bush administration. aid serves to destabilize world peace. Former President Joe Biden restored U.S.

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KFF Health News

JANUARY 24, 2025

For decades, the United States has held considerable power in determining the direction of global health policies and programs. President Donald Trump issued three executive orders on his first day in office that may signal the end of that era, health policy experts said. With the U.S. missing, it would cede power to others.

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