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Malaria, one of the world's oldest diseases, remains a significant public health problem worldwide. A group of University of Michigan School of Public Health students recently developed a digital tool to make existing data on the disease more accessible.
In this article first published on The Conversation, associate professors of Epidemiology, Emily Martin and Marisa Eisenberg, discuss how face masks remain an effective tool for controlling respiratory viruses like COVID-19, the flu, and RSV.
Every day, people are exposed to toxins. This article outlines the history of these toxic environmental exposures in the state of Michigan and what researchers from the University of Michigan are doing to address the situation.
The passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act was just a first step in a journey toward equity for disabled communities. PhD student and disability advocate Kara Mannor describes how the disability justice movement can help institutions rethink a better future for research and health for people with disabilities.
Kara Mannor, a Master of Public Health graduate and current PhD student, encourages peers in public health to make a stronger commitment to health equity by adopting practices and models that promote disability justice.
The FDA has opened the public comment period for the agency’s proposed ban on menthol cigarettes. As experts on the behavioral and public health aspects of smoking, Michigan Public Health professors David Mendez and Rafael Meza explain the role of menthol in smoking-related illness and death.