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

From The Labs

A matter of health — The promise of vaccination

February 17, 2015 Infectious diseases, public health

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. My mother was a nurse, and in the small Texas town where I grew up, that made her a medical expert.

From The Labs

A bacterial signal activates the immune system against rotavirus

December 2, 2014 Gastrointestinal diseases, Infectious diseases, public health

A bacterial signal activates the immune system against rotavirus By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. For three decades, Dr. Mary Estes, professor of molecular virology and microbiology

Momentum

Ebola not the first disease to frighten the public

November 7, 2014 Ebola, Healthcare, History, HIV/AIDS, infectious disease, polio, public health, Ruth SoRelle, Vaccines

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. – George Santayana The current furor over Ebola, a viral infection, and the few

From The Labs

Ebola not the first disease to frighten the public

November 4, 2014 A Matter of Health, Ebola, HIV/AIDS, Infectious diseases, polio, public health

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. – George Santayana The current furor over Ebola, a viral infection, and the few

Momentum

Tips for food safety in your home

April 1, 2013 Baylor College of Medicine, BCM, Community, dietititian, food safety, Jordan Magaziner, National Public Health Week, Nutrition and Wellness, public health, Roberta Anding

Today kicks off National Public Health Week, a week in which we take time to recognize public health and consider important issues that affect all