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Pathogens in the Permafrost: Could Melting Ice Unleash Ancient Diseases? (Part 2)

February 13, 2020
Deanna Altomara
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By Deanna Altomara A discovery of 28 new types of viruses in ancient ice has renewed fears that dangerous microbes might be hibernating in the permafrost, biding their time until increasing temperatures thaw the ice. Some are worried that diseases…

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Pathogens in the Permafrost: Could Melting Ice Unleash Ancient Diseases? (Part 1)

February 11, 2020
Deanna Altomara
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By Deanna Altomara It’s like a scene from an apocalyptic movie: an ancient virus reemerges from the polar ice caps, unleashing a pandemic that kills millions, causes mass panic, and destroys life as we know it. Some people fear that…

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Weekly Health Digest: Relevance of the Film Contagion, Widespread Flu, Reducing Stress, Loneliness

February 10, 2020
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A summary of important health news from the past week. The 2011 film Contagion is even more relevant in 2020, and not just because of coronavirus By: Alissa Wilkinson Remember the 2011 film Contagion? It’s not surprising you don’t. When…

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Health Beyond the Blog: Embodied

Recommended by Jennifer C. Sarrett This Spring, the Center for the Study of Human Health and Arts at Emory are teaming up to bring the community a series of events titled "Embodied". Events throughout the semester will explore the role…

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Mental Health Needs of Sex Trafficking Survivors

February 5, 2020
Adaora Ntukogu
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By Adaora Ntukogu Photo By: Senior Airman Alexandra Singer The exact incidence and prevalence of human trafficking worldwide is unknown, however, human trafficking is regarded as the third largest criminal activity in the world. Human trafficking is a form of…

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Introducing News Team Member Gordon Chan

February 4, 2020
Gordon Chan
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Imagine, a rural patient from the countryside needs to travel 100 miles three times a month; four hours on a rocky road, three intermittent bus changes, and taking one day off from work, just to obtain professional cardiovascular health care.…

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Weekly Health Digest: Self-healing Lungs, the Anti-Diet, Doctors on TikTok, and more

February 3, 2020
News Team
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A summary of important health news from the past week Lungs 'magically' heal damage from smoking By James Gallagher A study recently published in Nature has found that the few cells that are unaffected by smoking have the potential to…

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Health Beyond the Blog: Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth

Recommended by: Dr. Jennifer C Sarrett Monday, February 3rd at 4:30 Dr. Dana-Ain Davis will be at Spelman College to discuss her book, Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth. Dr. Davis is a professor of Anthropology at CUNY who…

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Long Shaped by Fire, Now Destroyed by It — Australia’s Dangerous New Era

January 30, 2020
Yeeun Lee
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By Yeeun Lee Numerous pictures and videos of helpless Koalas are going around the internet, hinting at the extreme damage the current Australian bushfires are causing to its wildlife. In addition to the tremendous environmental damage, the bushfires also have…

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Weekly Health Digest: Coronavirus, Healthcare Tech, Surgeon General’s Warning, Kids and Cooking Shows

January 27, 2020
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A summary of important health news from the past week Coronavirus explained: What you need to know By Jen Christensen and Meera Senthilingam The current Chinese coronavirus, similar to the SARS virus, has infected hundreds since its initial outbreak in…

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