SPH This Week.
June 20, 2021
Must Reads.
RESEARCH
New study challenges long-standing assumptions about disease severity in infants, and suggests that standard qPCR interpretations underestimate the true burden of other highly contagious diseases such as COVID-19 and influenza.
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Opinion.
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
the turning point.
Think. Teach. Do.
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
Black students who attend Historically Black Colleges and Universities have better physical health than students who attend Predominantly White Institutions.
POPULATION HEALTH EXCHANGEIn this episode, podcast hosts Matt Fox, Chris Gill, and Jessica Leibler discuss the ethics of paying people to get vaccinated, and more. |
ALUMNI NEWSBryan Kirk (SPH'16) is a health insurance specialist for the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO), a division of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). |
Student Profile.
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Taylor Mahoney, a PhD candidate in biostatistics at SPH, discusses the challenges faced by many first-generation students |
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In the Media.
THE ATLANTIC
Quotes Julia Raifman, assistant professor of health law, policy and management; and Eleanor Murray, assistant professor of epidemiology.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Quotes Christopher Gill, associate professor of global health
NEW YORK TIMES
Quotes Emily Rothman, professor of community health sciences
NBC BOSTON
Quotes Davidson Hamer, professor of global health
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New @eLife study by @iddocgill finds that most adults and many children who contract pertussis are asymptomatic. It also suggests that standard qPCR interpretations underestimate the true burden of other diseases, such as #COVID19 and influenza. Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/35usTMO
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