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Advances in TNBC: Communicating with Your Patients About Clinical Trial Awareness and Treatment Concerns to Improve Clinical Outcomes
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Patient, Provider, and Caregiver Connection™: Prevention and Control of Meningococcal Disease — Individualizing Vaccine Recommendations in Adolescent Populations
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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Community Oncology Connections™: Overcoming Barriers to Testing, Trial Access, and Equitable Care in Cancer
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Addressing Healthcare Inequities: Bridging the Gap in Multiple Sclerosis – A Focus on Clinical and Healthcare Disparities in Black Patients
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Overcoming Racial Disparities in Multiple Myeloma Outcomes and Clinical Trials: How We are Moving Care Forward Today
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Fighting Disparities and Saving Lives: An Exploration of Challenges and Solutions in Cancer Care
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Advances in™ Atopic Dermatitis: Addressing Unmet Needs in Patients With Skin of Color
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"Trojan Horse" Strategy Uses Bispecific Antibodies to Block Ebola from Invading Cells
September 20th 2016In a collaborative effort, researchers have discovered what they refer to as a “Trojan Horse” strategy that uses two developed bispecific antibodies that have proved active against all five strains of the ebolavirus.
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Social Connectivity Can Impact Dynamics of Disease Transmission
September 12th 2016A new study has shown that infected wild house mice will disengage from their social groups, resulting in a decreased potential for disease transmission; these findings can be applied to improve models used to predict transmission of infectious diseases spread by social contact, such as Ebola and influenza.
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New Technology Can Assist in Global Fight Against HIV & Hepatitis
September 8th 2016Researchers from Nanjing Biopoint have made a breakthrough when it comes to fighting HIV through the development of a product that uses certain material when collecting blood samples that can separate the plasma from the rest of the blood, allowing the sample to be safely sent to a testing center.
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Hepatitis & HIV-infected Hospitalized Patients at Higher Risk for Suicide Death
August 29th 2016Researchers from the Copenhagen University Hospital of Denmark find that individuals who are hospitalized with infections have an increased risk of suicide ideation and death; individuals infected with hepatitis and HIV or AIDS have the highest risk of suicide-related death.
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Co-Infection with Malaria Parasites Can Result in Higher Chances of Surviving Ebola
August 20th 2016A new study conducted by an Ebola diagnostic laboratory in Liberia has found that there is a connection between the survival of individuals with Ebola and co-infection with Plasmodium parasites that cause malaria.
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VA Redesigns Approach to Treating All HCV-infected Veterans
August 15th 2016With the assistance of funds granted by Congress, the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) will extend new hepatitis C (HCV) treatment to all infected veterans within their healthcare system, of all stages of illness and regardless of whether or not the infection had been acquired during military service.
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Rhode Island Responds to Increased Threat of Hepatitis C
August 12th 2016In response to an increase of hepatitis C cases in Rhode Island that have resulted in hospitalizations and deaths, the Rhode Island Department of Health and the Rhode Island Public Health Institute have worked together to compose their first ever, comprehensive epidemiological report.
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Ongoing Opioid Abuse in US Likely Culprit Behind HIV Clusters
August 11th 2016Collateral damage from the ongoing opioid abuse epidemic in the United States continues to plague many rural communities across the country, with recent reports suggesting it is likely behind clusters of HIV cases in these areas.
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Migrants Identified at Higher Risk of Hepatitis B and C
July 28th 2016Through the use of targeted screening programs, the ECDC has found that foreign-born migrants are at a higher risk of hepatitis B and C. Identifying risk groups can help practitioners reduce the burden of chronic hepatitis.
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What Has the CDC Learned from the Ebola Outbreak of 2014-2015?
July 21st 2016Stephen Redd, MD (RADM, USPHS), Director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explains what they learned from handling the response to the Ebola outbreak in 2014-2015.
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How Has the Ebola Virus Response Impacted CDC's Response to Zika?
July 21st 2016Stephen Redd, MD (RADM, USPHS), Director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains what the CDC learned from responding to the Ebola outbreak and how this has impacted the response to the Zika virus.
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