Health Beyond the Blog: John Green’s “Everything is Tuberculosis”
News Team member Clara Silvestri recommends John Green's "Everything is Tuberculosis," for its compelling reminder of how a curable disease still ravages human lives.
Health Beyond the Blog: Dr. Tom Frieden’s “The Formula for Better Health”
News Team member Ananya Dash recommends the latest episode of Health Storytelling, featuring Dr. Tom Frieden and his new book "The Formula for Better Health"
Weekly Health Digest: Deaths from Falls, Vision-Improving Eye Drops, RSV Vaccine Expansion, False Tylenol-Autism Links
New from the EmoryCSHH News Team: Why older people are fall-prone, eye drops for vision problems, a new RSV vaccine, and the harms of the new Tylenol directive.
Weekly Health Digest: Plastic-Eating Insects, Vaccine Skepticism, New Stroke Treatments, Aging and Heat
New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: plastic-eating insects, changing vaccine mandates across US states, new prevention and treatment for cardiac events, and health risks of extreme heat.
Health Beyond the Blog: Dr. Adam Ratner and “Booster Shots”
New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team:
Merom Arthur recommends Dr. Adam Ratner's new book "Booster Shots" for its poignant discussion of the importance of childhood vaccination.
Weekly Health Digest: Schizophrenia Treatment, RSV Vaccines, Bird Flu Vaccines, HIV Prevention, Breast Cancer
New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team:
New option for schizophrenia patients, investigating RSV vaccine uptake among minorities, doubling available bird flu vaccines, improving access to HIV prevention in low-income countries, rising breast cancer rates among younger women.
Weekly Health Digest: BMI no longer useful, anti-vaccine legislation rising, abortion bans interrupt healthcare
New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: BMI no longer useful, anti-vaccine legislation rising, abortion bans interrupt healthcare
Health Beyond the Blog: “Denying to the Grave”
Denying To the Grave: Why We Ignore the Facts That Will Save Us (Oxford University Press) was published in 2016, but has deep relevance to our world today. Authors Jack and Sara Gorman, a father-daughter team, look at why people…