Summer 2009

Summer 2009 Magazine cover

H1N1’s Warning

When the world faces a new and unpredictable threat such as the H1N1 influenza virus, a robust public health infrastructure is essential for an effective response.

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Every year, a half-million Indian women die in childbirth. Misoprostol could save many of their lives.

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In developing countries, three-quarters of people with mental disorders receive no treatment. How do you deliver inexpensive, effective, science-based care to them? A team of mental health researchers has a few ideas.

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Welcome to the summer of unease.

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Basic science meets public health

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135 university presidents and chancellors have opened a debate on the minimum legal drinking age in the U.S. Should it be lowered? Researchers say the decades of data make the answer clear as gin.

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Can an experimental program in the richest county in one of the richest states influence the nation’s health care reform agenda?

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