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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.
Health Wanted: Menopause
Laurel Bristow discusses menopause hormone therapy.
Targeting Financial and Information Barriers Boosts 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.
Health Wanted: Health Impacts of Immigration Raids
This week on Health Wanted, host Laurel Bristow, discusses the public health consequences of mass deportation and immigration enforcement.
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.
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Health Wanted brings you each week’s need-to-know public health headlines and breaks down the science behind trending topics. Host Laurel Bristow, MSc, draws on her experience as an infectious disease researcher and epidemiologist to cover everything from Ozempic to the ozone, interviewing experts and answering your questions, all in pursuit of better health. Listen every Friday at 1 p.m. EST or stream wherever you get your podcasts.
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