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Food is Medicine: ‘It’s Not Just About Food–It’s About Friendship
Kim Solomon’s kitchen showed all the signs of a good lunch in the making – chopped veggies on the counter, a few dirty dishes in ...
Amid "Likes" and "Shares," Facebook Jeopardizes Children's Health and Safety
On February 4, 2004, a 19-year-old Mark Zuckerberg launched “TheFacebook.” Developed in his Harvard University residence hall, it began as a networking service for his roughly 7,000 classmates. ...
Church Mutual® shares the importance of carbon monoxide safety with PropertyCasualty360 readers
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 100,000 Americans visit the emergency room every year due to accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. However, ...
Ask Our Expert: Why it’s important to get a flu vaccination
As cold and flu season approaches, it’s time to take proactive steps to ensure the health and well-being of everyone. Getting a flu vaccination ...
Why does Alabama have more gun deaths than New York? UConn expert explains.
Only five million people live in Alabama, but the state has the fourth highest firearms death rate in the country. In 2021, the state had 26.4 firearm ...
‘Rising star’ graduate: Sylvia Ofori’s journey from Ghana to Georgia Southern to Harvard
On her first flight from Ghana to the United States, Sylvia Ofori arrived in Atlanta, Georgia, at 1 a.m. By 4 o’clock the next afternoon, ...
Opinion: Artists, influencers key to successful public health messages re: COVID
Can the artists and culture-bearers among us help move people who are unvaccinated to action? That’s the hope of a new initiative from the ...
Covering World Breastfeeding Week? Our experts are here to help
August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week, and the University of Mary Washington has the ideal expert for any journalist looking to learn more or cover ...
UMW professor discusses challenges of delivering vaccines through the ages on 'With Good Reason' Radio
If you thought today’s walk-up and drive-thru clinics to get vaccinated for COVID-19 were a lot of work, imagine how vaccines were safely transported ...
A Neuroscientist’s Guide to Managing Post-COVID-19 Anxiety When Returning to Work
With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxing mask-wearing restrictions and many companies like Google and Goldman Sachs asking employees to return to the ...