Public Healthhttps://news.emory.edu/tags/topic/public_health/index.htmlPublic Health news from the Emory News CenterWed, 05 Jan 2022 01:35:55 -0500Emory researchers pursue what was once unthinkable: an HIV curehttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/11/emory_researchers_pursue_hiv_cure/campus.htmlhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/11/emory_researchers_pursue_hiv_cure/campus.htmlForty years after the first official report about what came to be known as AIDS, enormous strides have been made in developing anti-HIV drugs and reducing new infections — but efforts to find a vaccine have been unsuccessful. Emory researchers are working to change that.Tue, 30 Nov 2021 01:00:00 -0500Symposium celebrates Emory graduate students' contributions to COVID-19 responsehttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/11/covid_m2m_gradstudent_symposium-11-19-2021/campus.htmlhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/11/covid_m2m_gradstudent_symposium-11-19-2021/campus.htmlAn Emory symposium highlighted the ways graduate students have been studying COVID-19 in the hospital and laboratory and modeling disease spread, along with staffing testing events, advising local communities and providing community service and education. Tue, 23 Nov 2021 01:00:00 -0500Mapping inequities in breast cancer outcomes  https://news.emory.edu/features/2021/10/emory-researcher-mccullough/index.htmlhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/10/er_emory_researcher_mccullough_special_feature/campus.htmlOctober is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Emory epidemiologist Lauren McCullough investigates why outcomes for Black women with breast cancer are so much worse than their white counterparts in Georgia. Thu, 07 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0400The difference between COVID-19 ‘third doses’ and ‘boosters’https://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/09/difference_between_covid19_third_doses_and_boosters/index.htmlhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/09/difference_between_covid19_third_doses_and_boosters/index.htmlEmory experts Carlos del Rio and Jodie Guest explain the important differences between “third doses” and “boosters,” who needs them and whether we will ever be free of COVID-19. Fri, 10 Sep 2021 01:00:00 -0400Saving mothers' liveshttps://news.emory.edu/features/2021/08/emory-researcher-dunn-amore/index.htmlhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/08/er_emory_researcher_dunn_amore_special_feature/campus.htmlNurse midwife and researcher Alexis Dunn-Amore and master's student Katiana Carey-Simms take on the maternal mortality crisis.Mon, 09 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0400‘Genius’ alumna to discuss importance of tackling health disparitieshttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/06/er_health_disparities_cooper/campus.htmlhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/06/er_health_disparities_cooper/campus.htmlEmory College alumna Lisa Cooper has become a global expert in understanding health disparities. She will discuss her latest book during a virtual Emory Alumni event July 22.Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0400Human-induced climate change responsible for a third of heat-related deaths https://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/06/climate_change_heat_related_deaths/index.htmlhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/06/climate_change_heat_related_deaths/index.htmlEmory researchers are part of a sweeping new study that finds that more than one in three heat-related deaths can be attributed to human-made climate change.Wed, 02 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0400New Georgia COVID-19 data adds important local dimension to national tracking toolhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/04/coronavirus_health_equity_dashboard_update/index.htmlhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/04/coronavirus_health_equity_dashboard_update/index.htmlEmory University researchers have enhanced their dynamic national COVID-19 Health Equity Dashboard to provide more localized information on the impact of the pandemic in communities across Georgia. Wed, 14 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0400COVID-19 antibody study: 1/8 in USA infected by October 2020https://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/03/covidvu_at_croi/index.htmlhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/03/covidvu_at_croi/index.htmlIn a first of its kind nationwide survey, Emory University researchers found that one in eight residents of the United States — more than 39 million people — had been infected with SARS-CoV-2 by the end of October 2020.Mon, 08 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500Infant mortality consortium, pioneered by Emory-Ethiopia Partnership, receives $4.5 million granthttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/03/infant_mortality_consortium_grant/index.htmlhttps://news.emory.edu//stories/2021/03/infant_mortality_consortium_grant/index.htmlEmory University’s School of Nursing is sharing in a $4.5 million grant as part of a multinational consortium working to reduce infant mortality in Ethiopia.Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500