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Equity in COVID-19: Who will have access to life-saving treatment?

June 26, 2020 Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Health Disparities, health equity, public health

Is treatment available? Can I afford it? These questions are universally asked by many people — from the 65-year-old Medicare recipient at the local pharmacy

Policywise

Reducing the DUI legal limit: A spirited debate

April 19, 2019 alcohol, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Stephanie Morain, public health

Earlier this year, Utah took a key step at reducing one of the key harms associated with alcohol: impaired driving. The Utah state legislature passed

Policywise

Zika virus: We dodged a bullet, right?

April 13, 2018 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Pallavi Dinesh, public health, Stephanie Morain, zika

As the weather turns warm again in Houston, many of us are aware of what’s just around the corner: a hot and humid summer filled

Policywise

Adequate nutrition should be priority for whole family

August 4, 2017 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Stephanie Morain, health policy, medical ethics, public health

Earlier this year, JAMA Pediatrics published an essay about processed food and its impact on health. The author, Dr. Robert Lustig, describes processed food as

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Soda taxes win big at polls despite industry lobbying

November 18, 2016 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, health policy, public health, Stephanie Morain

Buried under the headlines of the recent controversial election is a big public health win for five U.S. cities. On Election Day, voters in Boulder,

From The Labs

A matter of health: How 2015 Nobel Prize drug might rid Africa of ancient scourges

October 15, 2015 Biomarkers, public health

By Dr. Peter Hotez The announcement that the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to three scientists who developed antiparasitic disease drugs has

From The Labs

Electronic algorithms help "find" patients lost in the system

June 15, 2015 algorithm, imaging, Patient safety, Process Improvement, public health

By Julia Parsons In an era when increasing pressures to increase clinical productivity can create data overload and when time is limited, sometimes the critical issue

From The Labs

Baylor College of Medicine to develop Emergency Smart Pod

April 15, 2015 Infectious diseases, public health

By Dipali Pathak Baylor College of Medicine’s Emergency Smart Pod was one of 12 ideas selected for President Barack Obama’s challenge to find innovative tools

From The Labs

Researchers seek to make mini-guts that mimic life

March 16, 2015 Gastrointestinal diseases, public health

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. A five-year, $5.1 million National Institutes of Health grant will help researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University and the

From The Labs

Appropriate use of aspirin for heart health evaluated

March 16, 2015 heart disease, public health

Many people have taken to heart the advice to take an aspirin a day to help prevent heart attacks – maybe too much so. When