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Two students work with a patient in a dental clinic
Posted inOral Health

Even before coronavirus, almost half of adults in rural areas went without dental care

by Liora Engel-Smith July 20, 2021December 8, 2021

By Liora Engel-Smith Millions of rural residents have not seen a dentist in over a year, a recent CDC report reveals.  In 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic forced dentists to shut down, 42 percent of adults in rural areas did not receive dental care, according to the survey. In urban areas, roughly a third of […]

Posted inFeatured

New tech for tuberculosis patients

by Yen Duong May 16, 2019April 13, 2021
shows a grouping of hot dog shaped bacteria, each with a single hairlike appendage, called a flagellum. It's a picture of vibrio vulnificus
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Studying Bacteria In Florence’s Wake

by Rose Hoban October 1, 2018September 16, 2022
Posted inInfectious Disease

Fighting Antibiotic Resistance, One Prescription at a Time

by Rose Hoban September 11, 2017September 11, 2017
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, Public Health, Uncategorized

A Different Type of Hog Farm

by Gabe Rivin December 27, 2016May 18, 2018
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, Public Health

Another Kind of Hog Farm

by Gabe Rivin February 22, 2016April 7, 2017

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