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Rollins News Center
Communication is a vital aspect of public health, and an important part of our work here at Rollins. Our news center highlights new research, presents findings in accessible ways, and communicates faculty expertise on headline topics.
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Breakthrough studies. Thoughtful interviews. Long-form stories. Find all of this and more with our news center articles, posted multiple times per week.
Targeting Financial and Information Barriers Boost Long-Acting Contraception Uptake in Kenya, New Study Finds
A new large-scale randomized trial from Rollins School of Public Health shows that reducing financial and information barriers can expand women's contraceptive choices in Kenya's private pharmacies.
Is Your Seafood Safe? New Resources Provide Answers for Coastal Georgia
A coalition of community groups and researchers from universities across Georgia have partnered to launch Seafood Smart, a mobile-friendly website that provides easy-to-access information on which locally caught fish and shellfish are safe to eat, and how often.
This is 40: Research Shows Multiple Chronic Diseases Popping Up in Early Middle Age
New research has found that people are developing more than two chronic conditions by the time they are 40.
Health Wanted: CTE
This week on Health Wanted, we’re talking to an expert about chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
New Breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s Causes, Care
Our knowledge about the causes of and care for Alzheimer’s is expanding, offering hope to people who currently, or may one day, live with the disease. Rollins researchers are at the forefront.
Researcher Mohammed Ali Elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation
Mohammed Ali, MD, will be inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation in April.
Health Wanted: RFK Jr.'s First Year
This week on Health Wanted, we take a walk down memory lane to review all that RFK Jr. and the MAHA movement have been able to accomplish in their first year…for better or for worse.
An MPH That Feels Like Home
Siham Ahmed is using her Rollins experience to make connections, build foundational skills in epidemiology, and paving a path forward that makes lives better.
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