November 2020
COVID-19: A DELICATE COEVOLUTIONARY DANCE
Discusses how an evolutionary perspective can advance understanding of the relationship between this virus and the human race. Read More
CHANGING OF THE GUARD
Looks at factors that will affect legislation and health policy outcomes as a new Administration is poised to occupy the White House in January 2021. Read More
HEALTH REFORM DEVELOPMENTS
Point out the impact that the coronavirus has had on health policy, along with some observations of a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the Affordable Care Act and what to expect from a Biden Administration. Read More
DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Describes the volume and repayment of federal student education loans and the degree to which racial disparities have an impact on debt burdens. Read More
QUICK STAT (SHORT, TIMELY, AND TOPICAL)
Chronic Pain And High-Impact Chronic Pain Among U.S. Adults: 2019
Black, Hispanic Patients Hospitalized For COVID-19 At Disproportionately High Rates
Exploration Of The Link Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea And Autoimmune Disease
Pre-Recorded Audio Messages Help Improve Outcomes For Patients With Heart Failure Read More
AVAILABLE RESOURCES ACCESSIBLE ELECTRONICALLY
State Of Lung Cancer In The U.S.
A Global Grand Challenge Of Achieving Healthy Human Longevity
U.S. Maternal Death Rates Are The Highest Among Wealthy Countries Read More
POPULATION HEALTH SCIENCE AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Examines how dynamics of this disease indicate that population health is best served by thinking dimensionally across a range of health indicators, expanding the focus beyond clearly defined categorical outcomes. Read More
MOVING FROM A GERM THEORY OF DISEASE TO THE MICROBIAL THEORY OF HEALTH
Pertains to a shift regarding the role of microbes in disease and health that necessitates a change in the approaches taken to design targeted infection control. Read More
2020-2021 ASSOCIATION CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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