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March 18, 2024

Study Estimates Nearly 70 Percent of Children Under Six in Chicago May Be Exposed to Lead-Contaminated Tap Water

Researchers analyzed results from nearly 40,000 households participating in a voluntary tap-water test program run by the city.

March 15, 2024

Study of Fatal and Nonfatal Shootings by Police Reveals Racial Disparities, Dispatch Risks

Gun Violence

Data

Violence

The analysis, thought to be one of the first published studies that captures both fatal and nonfatal injurious shootings by police nationally, also highlights risks of well-being checks.

March 11, 2024

Wrist Device That Monitors Activity Could Help Provide Early Warning of Alzheimer’s

Aging

Noncommunicable Diseases

Technology and Innovation

A small study finds differences in activity patterns among older adults with brain amyloid buildup, a key feature of Alzheimer's, and those without

January 29, 2024

Bloomberg School Researchers Develop Universal Risk Predictor for Cardiovascular Disease

Epidemiology

A universal risk predictor for cardiovascular disease, suitable for use in both primary and secondary prevention, would streamline risk assessment.

Featured

NBC News

Caitlin Rivers comments on a respiratory virus that sometimes paralyzes children and is spreading across the U.S.

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USA Today

Firearms were the leading cause of death for children in the U.S. for the third straight year. Cass Crifasi is quoted.

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KFF Health News

With TV Drug Ads, What You See Is Not Necessarily What You Get: Gerard Anderson is quoted.

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In the News

NPR

October 08, 2024

The end of smallpox was ... the beginning for mpox

William Moss is quoted.

Associated Press

October 07, 2024

A week after Helene hit, thousands still without water struggle to find enough

Natalie Exum is quoted.

KFF Health News

October 07, 2024

FDA’s Promised Rules on Pulse Oximeters Unlikely To End Decades of Racial Bias

Theodore Iwashyna is quoted.

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