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Why It’s Still Worth Getting a Flu Shot - The New York Times

EpidemiologyMelissa CrawfordJanuary 19, 2018epidemiology, flu, NNT, public health, vaccines

There is a movie review in this blog.

Epidemiology, Literature, Media, UncategorizedMelissa CrawfordNovember 29, 2017documentaries, journalism, movies, obit, politics, writers

American guns and public health and hope.

Epidemiology, research, UncategorizedMelissa CrawfordOctober 2, 2017gun violence, politics, public health, surgeon general

Puerto Rico nearing becoming a public health catastrophe | Miami Herald

EpidemiologyMelissa CrawfordSeptember 30, 2017CDC, FEMA, hurricane, infectious disease, public health

Public overdoses and my friend is a lifesaving superhero at a all-day-breakfast restaurant.

Public overdoses and my friend is a lifesaving superhero at a all-day-breakfast restaurant.

Epidemiology, Health Care Providers, mental health, public healthMelissa CrawfordJune 1, 2017CPR, Nurse image, opioid crisis, Overdoses

Virginia Gov: Health Commissioner gives standing orders for residents to receive opioid reversal drug

Virginia Gov: Health Commissioner gives standing orders for residents to receive opioid reversal drug

Health emergency, standing orders for Virginian's to get naloxone from pharmacy! (But please not in glass ampoules)

Epidemiology, Health Care PolicyMelissa CrawfordNovember 28, 2016government, opioid crisis, politics, public health, standing orders, virginia

Zika Virus Update from Dr. Fauci

Epidemiology, Health Care Policy, infectious disease, Politics, researchMelissa CrawfordAugust 11, 2016fauci, NIH, vaccines, zika

Many Well-Known Hospitals Fail To Score 5 Stars In Medicare’s New Ratings | Kaiser Health News

Many Well-Known Hospitals Fail To Score 5 Stars In Medicare’s New Ratings | Kaiser Health News

Epidemiology, Health Care Policy, public health, research, transparencyMelissa CrawfordJuly 29, 2016ACA, academic health centers, data, government, ratings

Some of the information wants to be free

Some of the information wants to be free

Some of the information wants to be free.

Epidemiology, Health Care Policy, Politics, public healthMelissa CrawfordJune 15, 2016CDC, data, epi, gun violence, law

Guns and public health

Epidemiology, Health Care Policy, Law, public healthMelissa CrawfordJune 14, 2016

Global public health development goals: Paul Farmer on who lives and who dies.

Global public health development goals: Paul Farmer on who lives and who dies.

Epidemiology, Health Care PolicyMelissa CrawfordApril 8, 2015access, advocate, dispairity, epidemiology, health policy, mistakes were made, politics, public health, rural

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies and My Cancer: The Wrecker of All Normalcy

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies and My Cancer: The Wrecker of All Normalcy

Epidemiology, Health Care Policy, Nursing studentMelissa CrawfordApril 5, 2015advocate, cancer, chronic illness, epidemiology, health care, personal

FDA Proposes Easing Lifetime Ban On Blood Donations By Gay Men | Kaiser Health News

FDA Proposes Easing Lifetime Ban On Blood Donations By Gay Men | Kaiser Health News

Epidemiology, Health Care PolicyMelissa CrawfordDecember 24, 2014advocate, AIDS, Blood, dispairity, epidemiology, FDA, health policy

It's World AIDS Day. Epi changes in HIV/AIDS.

It's World AIDS Day. Epi changes in HIV/AIDS.

Epidemiology, Health Care PolicyMelissa CrawfordDecember 1, 2014ACA, access, advocate, AIDS, dispairity, HIV, public health, rural

Now everyone feels bad about the pies.

Epidemiology, Health Care PolicyMelissa CrawfordNovember 28, 2014access, bedside nursing, CDC, chronic illness, costs, diabetes, dispairity, education, epidemiology, public health

Think globally, outrage locally.

Epidemiology, Health Care PolicyMelissa CrawfordNovember 26, 2014access, dispairity, epidemiology, health care, maternal child health, minority health, nursing research, rural

Whooping cough outbreak at Grand Traverse Academy nearly doubles to 161 probable cases

Whooping cough outbreak at Grand Traverse Academy nearly doubles to 161 probable cases

EpidemiologyMelissa CrawfordNovember 15, 2014access, advocate, CDC, epidemiology, health care, immunizations, infectious disease, pertussis, public health