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May 7, 2023
SPH This Week.
Latest News, Research, and More
CONVOCATION
Admiral Levine, assistant secretary for health and former secretary of health for Pennsylvania, has been a vocal advocate for health equity and access to care for all. Read more.
RESEARCHAlthough national COVID mortality disparities declined in 2021, this decrease was largely driven by increases in mortality among White individuals and the shifting geography of the pandemic from urban to rural areas, rather than decreases in mortality among Black and Hispanic individuals, according to a new study led by Andrew Stokes. Read more. |
RESEARCHA new study led by Catharine Wang suggests that combining digital cancer risk assessment with point-of-care genetic testing may help streamline clinical workflow challenges that prevent at-risk patients from accessing this care. Learn more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION
Highlights from SPH's three-part series that convened contributing authors from The Milbank Quarterly’s special issue celebrating its 100th anniversary April 26-28. Read more.
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PUBLIC HEALTH POST
Mothers working in the leisure and hospitality industry were the least likely of any workers to say they understood their available paid family benefits and were the least likely to use the benefits they were eligible for, writes PHP fellow Caroline Dignard. Read more.
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTSyphilis rates have steadily risen since 2001, particularly among reproductive-age women. This has resulted in increasing rates of congenital syphilis, a condition where a fetus contracts the syphilis infection from the mother during pregnancy, writes PHP fellow Kara Schmidt. Learn more. |
POPULATION HEALTH EXCHANGEIn a new episode of Free Associations, hosts Matthew Fox, Christopher Gill, and Jessica Leibler discuss a complex ecologic study on the effect of various clinical and policy interventions for COVID-19. Listen to the podcast. |
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Mentions research by Junenette Peters, associate professor of environmental health, Jonathan Levy, chair and professor of environmental health, and PhD students Stephanie Grady and Daniel Nguyen.
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