Ebola is once again in news headlines around the world, with hundreds of cases confirmed in central Africa. What have we learned from the 2013 outbreak about this deadly disease and about our own ability to handle such an epidemic?
All parents are concerned for their children’s safety, but parents of color shoulder a particularly challenging burden raising children in a racially charged society. Although no magic formula exists for helping children of color get through the racial dynamics of our society, Riana Anderson offers some research-based strategies for parents.
On September 25, 2017, master's student Dana Greene, Jr., took a knee on the University of Michigan Diag for over 20 hours to protest police brutality and hate crimes across the country and the climate on campus. One year later, he reflects back on this moment and what it meant to him and the community around him.
African American women in the US have lower breastfeeding rates compared to women of other races. But if health care providers and advocates offer more breastfeeding support to African American moms, it may benefit the overall health of the African American population.
Environmental monitoring will be key as the world reaches global polio eradication. Looking for poliovirus in sewage and using new disease models will improve how we track and understand each outbreak.
The FDA recently approved an HPV vaccine called Gardasil 9 for individuals up to age 45. Why is this important and how might this expanded age range affect relatively low uptake rates for this cancer-preventing vaccine?