March 27, 2018 | Health News
U.S. Deaths from Infectious Diseases Decline, but Not Everywhere
By Steven Ross Johnson / Modern Healthcare
October 06, 2017 | Health News
NPR: Gun Violence: How The U.S. Compares with Other Countries
By Nurith Aizenman
Last weekend's massacre in Las Vegas is only the latest reminder of the persistent gun violence in the United States. And a new set of statistics on the rates of gun violence unrelated to conflict underscores just how outsize U.S. rates of gun deaths are compared with those in much of the rest of the world.
August 07, 2017 | Health News
The Guardian: Soaring Suicide and Murder Rates Compound Middle East Suffering
Research shows deaths due to violence such as homicide and sexual assault are rising much more steeply in the eastern Mediterranean region than elsewhere.
Violent acts including suicide, homicide and sexual assaults are increasing faster in the eastern Mediterranean region than in any other in the world, adding to the suffering of populations experiencing conflict and war.
January 24, 2017 | Health News
Hutch News: The Health Haves and Have Nots
By Diane Mapes
As with many studies, there was good news and bad news.
The good news: Public health researchers from the University of Washington looked at cancer’s mortality rate county by county and found that overall, deaths from the disease dropped 20 percent during the last 35 years, falling from 240 deaths per 100,000 people in 1980 to 192 deaths per 100,000 people in 2014.
January 18, 2017 | Department News
ASPPH: Hypertension a Hidden Chronic Condition among Adults in Suburban Nepal
More than 50 percent of adults with high blood pressure in suburban Nepal don’t know they have it, according to researchers from the University of Washington School of Public Health and the Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences.
August 24, 2016 | Health News
New York Times: Life Expectancy Falls by 5 Years for Syrian Men, New Analysis Finds
By Sabrina Tavernise
Life expectancy for men in Syria has declined by five years since the war there began in 2011, a new analysis of mortality data has found, a sudden collapse not seen since the decline that Russian men experienced after the end of the Soviet Union.
August 17, 2016 | Health News
Project Syndicate: The Data Poor Lives of Adolescents
Professor Ali Mokdad of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation authored this opinion piece on the lack of data on adolescent health, and how this prevents our abilities to improve health among this vulnerable population.
May 12, 2016 | Health News
Lancet: Investing in Adolescent Health and Well-being Could Transform Global Health for Generations to Come
Originally published by The Lancet on May 9, 2016
December 08, 2015 | Health News
NPR: The U.S. is a World Leader in Gun Deaths
By Anders Kelto
Imagine picking up the U.S. and dropping it into a different part of the world. How would its record of gun deaths compare to its neighbors?
July 24, 2015 | Health News
New York Times: Americans Are Finally Eating Less
After rising for decades, calorie consumption has declined in recent years as public attitudes have shifted.
By Margot Sanger-Katz
After decades of worsening diets and sharp increases in obesity, Americans’ eating habits have begun changing for the better.