US-funded research into the health of people abroad has large health and economic benefits for Americans.
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Answering personal questions at the doctor’s office can help researchers recognize health problems and find effective interventions.
It’s easy to get caught up in the promise of quick health fixes, but they are generally too good to be true.
In the United States, the state you live in, how you vote and how extreme your views are can all have an impact on your health and wellbeing. There are also lessons for Australia.
Pressure to ‘publish or perish’ and get results out as quickly as possible has led to weak study designs and shortened peer-review processes.
Most efforts in Africa to date have been financially supported and driven from outside the continent.
Research into public health benefits of integrating nature into cities has focused on green spaces. New studies suggest water features are just as useful and can piggyback on other infrastructure goals.
Research is the foundation for evidence-based policies. But because of funding prohibitions, there’s little US research to inform the contentious debate around gun violence and gun control.
Horrific mass shootings in the US typically renew the national debate about gun policy. A gun researcher explains the lack of funding for study in this area and what that means for informed policy.
One of the confirmed causes of Chronic myeloid leukaemia is contact with an atomic weapon or nuclear radiation. Other risks factors of this type of cancer are still being established.
A disease that we have known about for more than 100 years still defies proper description and a consensus on how to tackle it.
High blood lead levels in children in Flint, Michigan were obscured in part because of an outdated method of studying public health – the ZIP code. Here’s why we need to make use of a better way.
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Penn State
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Researcher, University of Nairobi
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Research Fellow, University of Sussex
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Program Director, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University
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Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
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Assistant Lecturer in Internal Medicine & Medical Oncology/Haematology, University of Nairobi
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Fellow Haematology-Oncology, University of Nairobi
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Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, Indiana University
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Senior Strategic Advisor - SANTHE (Sub-Saharan African Network for TB/HIV Research Excellence), Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI), University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Programme Executive Manager - SANTHE (Sub-Saharan African Network for TB/HIV Research Excellence), Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI), University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Professor of Design and Health and Director of the Center of Design and Health at the Architecture School, University of Virginia
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Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Texas A&M University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Professor of Medicine, section of Haematology and Oncology, University of Nairobi