Personalizing Shingles
Shingles is painful and can result in complications that can impact patients financially, but many adults opt not to receive shingles vaccination.
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Josh McGill
Today marks the second anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. We spoke with Josh McGill about surviving the shooting, his nursing career, and his thoughts on gun violence prevention policies.
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Diving Deeper into Spring Break Drinking
In order to better understand youth behavior during spring break, recent research examined the gaps between spring break drinking intentions and actual alcohol consumption.
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US Territories and Breast Cancer Care
Women in US territories are less likely to receive timely diagnosis and recommended care for breast cancer than women living in continental United States.
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Ayesha Barenblat
Ayesha Barenblat is the founder of Remake, a platform dedicated to changing consumer perspectives on fashion and style by increasing awareness about the public health impact of the fashion industry supply chain.
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Particular Particulates
Landfills and industrial sites emit harmful air particulates that impact lung and heart health. These sites are more likely to be located near racially or ethnically marginalized and poor communities than majority white, affluent communities.
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Death Rates Vary among Medicare Beneficiaries
A recent Health Affairs article on areas in the U.S. with high numbers of deaths among Medicare beneficiaries reports that over fourteen million consider these 820 counties home.
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Planning for End-of-Life
Age, education, and discussions about death are predictors of having a written plan or identifying someone to make decisions about end-of-life care.
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Limited Health Funding for AIANs
American Indians and Alaskan Natives (AIANs) can receive free health care from facilities that receive money allocated by Congress to the Indian Health Service, but funding is unevenly distributed.
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Making Strides Towards Zero
San Francisco has made steady progress towards fulfilling its goals of achieving zero HIV deaths, zero new infections, and zero stigma by 2020.
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