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This week on Health Wanted, Laurel Bristow and Jessica Fairley, MD, discussed neglected tropical diseases and how the U.S. benefits from contributing to their prevention. WABE: www.wabe.org/podcasts/hea... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3xUnxkV... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

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📺 Tune into "Jeopardy!" tomorrow night to catch Maya Wright, an MPH student in the Hubert Department of Global Health, compete for a $150,000 prize in her third appearance on the show!

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The USAID funding freeze is having ripple effects across global health. Access to TB treatment is one area of concern. “If you cease programs that have been implemented for the last several years, you run the risk of worsening of disease." - Kenneth Castro, MD, professor of global health

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📣New certificate alert!📣 This fall, Rollins is launching a new Science Communication Certificate for MPH and MSPH students. sph.emory.edu/news/news-re...

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Congenital syphilis is up 1059% since 2012, disproportionately impacting marginalized communities. Kristin Wall, PhD, associate professor of epidemiology, urges point-of-care testing to close screening gaps. 🔗 Read more: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #CongenitalSyphilis #HealthEquity

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This week on Health Wanted, Laurel Bristow and guest Lisa Waddell talk about advancements in public health and the importance of addressing risk factors to improve heart health. WABE: www.wabe.org/podcasts/hea... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3xUnxkV... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

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This week on Health Wanted, host Laurel Bristow and guest Stephen Patrick, MD, go over the country’s top public health concerns from a recent poll conducted with Gallup. WABE: www.wabe.org/podcasts/hea... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3xUnxkV... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

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We're thrilled to share that alums Matthew Biggerstaff & Rachel Burke have received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineers (PECASE)! 🏅 Their work at the CDC is advancing public health & innovation. Congrats on this well-deserved honor! 👏 #PECASE #PublicHealth

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The public health challenges facing the United States are complex, varied, and growing: increasing chronic diseases, worsening effects of climate change, and escalating health care costs. The opioid epidemic, gun violence, and mental health issues also touch communities of all types.

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This week on Health Wanted, Laurel Bristow and Matthew McCurdy discuss health disparities and public health contributions made by Black scientists, doctors, and everyday people. WABE: www.wabe.org/podcasts/hea... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3xUnxkV... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

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Exciting update! Our faculty, in collaboration with the School of Nursing, have secured a grant to study cardiovascular health among Latina agricultural laborers. 🌾❤️

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As the EPA transitions to new leadership, the agency dissolved boards of outside scientific advisors. One, the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, gives guidance on air quality standards and had been chaired by Jeremy Sarnat, PhD,  assoc. professor of environmental health, since October.

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Ready to become a bird flu expert? Here is your overview of the current situation. Leave us your bird flu questions in the comments to get even MORE knowledge. 🧵

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🔹 Thrilled to share a new publication by our 2022-2023 Emory Humphrey Fellowship Alums in Public Health Reviews! 🎉 🔹 The paper explores how the Humphrey Fellowship helps strengthen leadership and public health capacity in the Global South. 🌍

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This week on Health Wanted, host Laurel Bristow and guest Daniele Fallin, PhD, explore the complex effects of screen time on mental health and brain function. Listen in now! WABE: www.wabe.org/podcasts/hea... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3xUnxkV... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

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Shortly after taking office on January 20, President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders, many of which seek to roll back climate protections established during the Biden administration.

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On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). But what does the decision to leave the WHO mean, and what impact could it have on global health?

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“It's not uncommon for a new administration to ask for a pause on communications, website updates...for new leadership to review the information, understand how [it] flows, and then work to continue communications.” - Carmen Marsit, executive associate dean for faculty affairs and research strategy

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As the second Trump administration begins and new cabinet members and appointees take up their positions across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there may be changes in the public health landscape.

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This week on Health Wanted, host Laurel Bristow and Candice Hargons, PhD, discuss some of the most common sexually transmitted infections and the importance of sexual education. WABE: www.wabe.org/podcasts/hea... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3xUnxkV...

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This week on Health Wanted, host Laurel Bristow and guest Meghana Anugu, MD, talk about GLP-1 agonists, their role in weight management, and their social implications. WABE: www.wabe.org/podcasts/hea... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3xUnxkV...

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