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John Snow – The First Epidemiologist
There have been many breakthroughs made off the blood and sweat of Epidemiologists. They have been at the forefront of eradicating polio, smallpox, reducing deaths from cholera and even detecting...
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Lessons from the ghost of John Snow
200 years ago this week, John Snow was born. Here at Public Health Perspectives, we’re pretty big fans of his. If I’da known you were coming, I’da baked a cake Stephen Johnson, who wrote a book about...
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Patient Zero: The origins of disease
Better Know An Epidemiologist/History of Epidemiology is an ongoing feature where we highlight important studies that have been significant breakthroughs in public health. All of the articles are...
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History of Epidemiology: Jonas Salk and The Eradication of Polio
Better Know An Epidemiologist/History of Epidemiology is an ongoing feature where we highlight important studies that have been significant breakthroughs in public health. All of the articles are...
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Alexander Langmuir: A Titan of Public Health
Better Know An Epidemiologist/History of Epidemiology is an ongoing feature where we highlight important studies that have been significant breakthroughs in public health. All of the articles are...
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The social conditions of health and disease
Let’s think differently about how the world we live in shapes health and disease(Source: Odra Noel, Royal Society summer science exhibition 2013) Ageing is associated with increased likelihood of...
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The Biggest Public Health Stories of 2013
2013 was a big year for public health. We were thrust to the forefront again with disease outbreaks, and have had to deal with increased skepticism of the nature of what we do from the public....
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India is Polio Free
A child receiving the polio vaccine | Image courtesy of the CDC Public Health Image Library Two weeks into 2014, and we have already received one of the best public health stories of the year: India is...
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The worm turns no more…
Public Health Perspectives is pleased to welcome Charles Ebikeme to the blog this week. For more information about Charles, see the end of this post. Bandaged children read about the guinea worm. John...
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Using math to make Guinness
If you ever read public health research, you’ve probably encountered the term “Student’s t-test,” or just “t-test.” The experimenters will do this magical test, and suddenly conclude that everything is...
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Hot time summer in the city (Legionnaires Disease)
Photo courtesy DaveZ [click to go to Flickr page]1976 was a busy year in Philadelphia. They were holding the Bicentennial celebration, commemorating the two-hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of...
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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, every thread...
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The more we know, the less we know: Zika virus edition
Countries and territories with active Zika virus transmission (CDC) (as of 17/02/16) Three weeks ago, I published a piece on the Zika virus, and how it is transmitted by the Aedes mosquitoes. Well,...
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Basic Income: A radical idea for eliminating poverty
The Watson Arts Centre in Dauphin, Manitoba (photo from Wikipedia) I imagine most of my readers have never heard of Dauphin, Manitoba. A small, farming community in Canada, Dauphin is a town that was...
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Public Health Takes on Anti-Vaccine Propaganda: Damage done, Challenges Ahead
Editor’s Note: PLOSBLOGS invited independent science journalist Beth Skwarecki to assess and contextualize the controversy which errupted in the US surrounding last month’s release of Vaxxed, a...
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A Scientist Walks into a Museum
Ed Note: Today, we’re happy to welcome Dr. April Killikelly to the blog. More information about April can be found at the bottom of this post. If a museum is a stage for knowledge and learning, what...
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How can one person completely change the results of a survey?
In public health, we rely heavily on samples, as measuring everyone you are interested is often impractical. However, this requires a lot of thought and development in order to avoid unintentionally...
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Which diseases do we get to “fight”?
About two weeks ago, the Hospital for Sick Children, also known as SickKids, launched their new ad campaign. For those who aren’t from Canada, SickKids is based in Toronto, Ontario, is the second...
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The only way to save Obamacare is to expand it
The Affordable Care Act was a landmark piece of legislation for the United States. While most other G-20 countries already have some form of universal healthcare (either through a single payer system,...
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2016: A Year in Review
Thanks to all our old and new Public Health Perspectives readers for your support over the year. Your tweets, Facebook comments, and feedback are all really appreciated. Lets wrap up the year by...
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