by Hillary Regan | Apr 6, 2015 | Learn, Uncategorized
A bill in the Oregon legislature would limit the use of antibiotics on farms and ranches to only sick animals. Proponents fear that we are in danger of a “post-antibiotic future,” where drugs will become less and less effective. Opponents argue that the Food and Drug...
by Hillary Regan | Apr 1, 2015 | Learn
In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that states could choose whether to expand their Medicaid programs under the ACA. In January 2014, about half the states expanded and about half did not. This created a natural experiment — an opportunity to compare the impact of...
by Hillary Regan | Mar 30, 2015 | Learn
Dr. Brian Druker, director of the Knight Cancer Institute will make an appearance in the new multi-part Ken Burns cancer documentary series “Cancer: The Emperor Of All Maladies” tonight at 9pm on PBS. Druker developed Gleevec, the first targeted cancer...
by Hillary Regan | Mar 30, 2015 | Learn
Public health researchers like to say that your zip code is more important than your genetic code. The Takeaway is putting that idea to the test, utilizing data from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s County Health Rankings Report and The American Communities...
by Hillary Regan | Mar 26, 2015 | Learn
Find out what health factors affect your county by going to the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps Program published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found here.
by Hillary Regan | Mar 26, 2015 | Learn
New findings strongly suggest that Americans are ready for new approaches to address early childhood trauma and stress. To do that in a big way, we need more than science—we need a movement. Read more about it...
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