This article was originally published in our Spring 2021 print issue. The 2020 coronavirus outbreak is not the first outbreak in America. Over a century ago, the 1918 H1N1 influenza sent the world into lockdown. After a grim 675,000 deaths, the pandemic finally slowed, but
This article was originally published in our Spring 2019 print issue. Vaccine hesitancy, the reluctance to be vaccinated, has garnered a lot of press in recent years due to multiple measles outbreaks in the United States (CDC). Traditional news outlets portray vaccine hesitancy as a
Several counties in Southern California are racing to contain a hepatitis A outbreak disproportionately affecting their homeless populations.
“Mental health” and “mental illness” are used interchangeably but convey vastly different concepts in public health. Part two of a two-part series.
Dr. Snigdha Vallabhaneni currently works as a medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control. She received her undergraduate and medical degrees from Brown University and received a Masters of Public Health from UC Berkeley. The Public Health Advocate: How did you become interested in
Think back to the last time you had a salad. You probably had a bowl of lettuce; some spinach thrown in there along with some of your common market veggies like shredded carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers; and topped off with crunchy croutons, crispy chicken strips, and