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Day Zero: The impact of Cape Town’s water shortage on public health
0000-0002-8715-2896 A story that’s been making the rounds recently is the impending water shortage in Cape Town. Multiple years of droughts have resulted in lower and lower water levels in the reservoirs that supply theBehind sociability? The medial prefrontal cortex
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Mark Zuckerberg supports universal basic income
0000-0002-8715-2896Last week, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg received an honorary degree from Harvard University. At the commencement, he promoted the idea of a basic income guarantee, joining several other tech leaders in advocating for this idea.Testosterone beyond Sex
When we think about sex hormones, notably estrogens and androgens, we usually associate them with sex, gender and body development. Like all hormones, they are chemical messengers, substances produced in one part of the body2-24-16 PLOS Medicine AMA Preview: Looking toward the future of diabetes prevention with Dr. Sanjay Basu
AddThis Sharing Buttons above In advance his PLOS Science Wednesday AMA, Sanjay Basu, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Stanford University Prevention Research Center, answers questions from PLOS Social Media Associate Sara Kassabian. The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs)The Zika Virus – what do you need to know?
Countries and territories with active Zika virus transmission (CDC) The more I read up on a topic, the more complicated it ends up being. As you start trying to unravel the ball of yarn, everyTop public health documentaries of 2015
Looking for some intellectually stimulating downtime over the New Year weekend? In no particular order, we’ve collated a list of good documentaries relevant to public health. Some are bite-sized, some a bit longer, all enjoyableWho Draws the Line Between Health and Illness? A Look Ahead to the 2016 Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference
Oxford University’s Jack O’Sullivan catches up with two co-chairs of the the Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference scientific committee— Alexandra Barratt, Professor of Public Health at the University of Sydney, and Ray Moynihan, Senior Research Fellow fromPosted by in Conference news, featured, Global Health, Health systems, Ole Ivar Lovaas, red meat
From PLOS Medicine: Police-related killings are countable public health data
What is the purpose of public health? Public health is a societal approach to protecting and improving the health and well-being of populations (1). Rather than focus on the health of individuals – that’s medicineHow many children are at risk of measles in the United States?
Despite the MMR vaccine controversy resulting from a series of now discredited studies linking the vaccine with autism, childhood vaccination rates remain high in the United States. In 2013, 92% of children aged 19 toPosted by in & Prevention, climatechange, communication, conservation, Epidemiology, featured, health care, Health systems, infectious disease, marketing, outbreak, public health, SDGs, vaccine, virus