We all know air pollution is a health risk. We have invested billions of dollars in the U.S. trying to clean up the problem. But there are still a lot of unanswered questions about exactly what diseases and health conditions… Read More
By Tom Luljak UWM Today November 28, 2019 As we edge closer to winter, all of us most likely have a “to do” list before we settle in for the cold spell. And I suspect many of us – if… Read More
By Talis Shelbourne Milwaukee Journal Sentinel November 19, 2019 Lead abatement efforts in Massachusetts and Rochester, New York, may hold the key for Milwaukee, according to a panel discussion that took place at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Joseph J. Zilber School… Read More
By Jennifer Larson Insider November 15, 2019 For the past 35 years, flu activity in the US has peaked in February, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, so the shortest month of the year might not feel… Read More
By Shefali Luthra and Chaseedaw Giles California Healthline November 14, 2019 In one picture, Hannah — or, as her 133,000 Instagram followers know her, @__justpeachyy — reclines in a car, her blue vape accenting the matching tattoo ink on her… Read More
Dr. Amanda Simanek, an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health, has been awarded an NIH Loan Repayment Award for Health Disparities Research. About the NIH Loan Repayment Award The NIH Loan Repayment Programs… Read More
Dr. Amy Kalkbrenner, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health has received a 2019 Office of Research/UWM Foundation Research Award. The annual Office of Research /UWM Foundation Research Awards recognizes UWM professors who… Read More
By Tom Luljak UWM Today, WUWM 89.7FM June 13, 2019 African American babies in Milwaukee are three times more likely to die before their first birthday than white babies. That means out of every 1,000 births in Milwaukee, 15 black… Read More
By Laura Otto UWM Report June 4, 2019 After a record number of influenza deaths during the 2017-18 season, federal health officials are working to develop a universal flu vaccine that people would get only once in a lifetime as… Read More
By Jerry Ressler Milwaukee Journal Sentinel May 28, 2019 The resurgence of measles — one of the most infectious diseases known — has dramatized the importance of public health this year. Immunizing the general population against preventable diseases with effective, safe… Read More