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Irrigating the Clinical Desert

June 23, 2021

Paul Farmer on the chronic roots of acute health crises

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Unhappy Birthdays

June 21, 2021

New analysis reveals link between birthdays and COVID-19 spread during the height of the pandemic

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Saving Lives, Lowering Costs

June 16, 2021

Barbershops play effective role in reducing blood pressure in Black men

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Mental Health Gets a Boost in Texas

June 15, 2021

$10 Million Lone Star Prize includes support for scale-up of HMS EMPOWER initiative

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Uncovering COVID-19 Disparities

June 10, 2021

The role of structural, societal factors in the pandemic’s spread

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Single Injection, Broad Protection

June 10, 2021

Vaccine generates robust immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 variants

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Who Gets Sick with TB?

June 3, 2021

Deficient immune cells implicated in TB disease progression

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What’s the Score?

May 27, 2021

Providing more low-value care doesn’t lead to higher patient satisfaction, study finds

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COVID-19's Gut Connection

May 26, 2021

Research shows how MIS-C complication develops in children, adolescents

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Getting to the Root of Alzheimer’s

May 19, 2021

New research identifies how amyloid beta forms

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Early Protection

May 18, 2021

New study supports safety of COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant, lactating women

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Gut Check

May 18, 2021

Can scientists build a test to gauge disease risk by sampling the bugs in one’s gut?

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