How New Genetic Disease Research May Help Reduce the Number of Infant Deaths
"These findings represent a new and promising avenue for future research and treatment and are a sign of where medicine is headed in general." (Karen Edwards)
Giving Whooping Cough Shots in Pregnancy Helps Protect 9 Out of 10 Infants
"The most credible and obvious and straightforward channels are the pediatricians and physicians, but I think we just need to do a better job at disseminating and prioritizing this information through pharmacies. through social media…to reach young moms, as well as radio in multiple languages." (Suellen Hopfer)
Deaths in California on the rise
"Absolutely, I’d say it’s quite directly related, these are deaths that are not being coded as COVID deaths, as the underlying cause of death, but COVID has impacted the mortality of Californians and people elsewhere, there are strokes and heart attacks that follow in the wake of COVID infection and in the coming years we are going to find out how long this effect lasts but in the meantime mortality is up." (Andrew Noymer)
DOC AMA: California Saw Increase In ‘Excess Deaths’ In The Last Three Years
"We still have a lot of things to repair in our healthcare system now. A new public health, we really need to train folks [...]" (Bernadette Boden-Albala)
Diabetes in kids and young people is projected to dramatically surge. Can it be prevented?
"It’ll be very critical to educate American youth regarding healthy lifestyles and potential ways to prevent diabetes in their early lives in order to 'flatten the curve' for the quickly rising number of youth with diabetes among the underserved/minority populations" (Luohua Jiang)
MERS: What to Know About the Virus and if it Will Spread After the World Cup
"It’s kind of endemic in the[camel] population in the Middle East. And so when you have this festival that brings soccer fans from all over the world, at the same time, in the same country, as a camel showcase festival; physicians, and global health security people should be concerned." (Dele Ogunseitan)
UC researchers win grant to develop pandemic prediction technology
"People overshare on social media all the time, but that can be exploited to our advantage. If we noticed patterns of hundreds of people all of a sudden tweeting about fever or pneumonia in such and such a city, that might be useful information." (Andrew Noymer)
Experts worry monkeypox is here to stay
"My biggest concern is that it can become endemic now at a very low level just because there are so many cases out there. And God forbid it finds its way into some squirrel population here. Then we’ll never get rid of it." (Andrew Noymer)
Do COVID vaccine mandates still make sense as other pandemic orders wind down?
"While vaccination is important, mandates can erode crucial trust in public health. We need to make the case that it’s in people’s best interest. Forcing people to do things is not a good way to make friends." (Andrew Noymer)
Is the Pandemic Really Over?
"We must be careful about saying it is over. We still need resources to continue vaccination and to address vaccine hesitancy." (Bernadette Boden-Albala)
