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Going Viral Against HIV and STIs

Susannah Fox | December 10, 2010

The New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute, in partnership with AIDS.gov, held a one-day forum on social media, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections (STI) that turned out to be an unfiltered discussion of love, truth, and technology. Why was it so smoking hot? And is this unique to conferences (or panels) about sexual [...]

Using Aggregate Data to Help Public Health

John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | November 13, 2008

Public health is different than our personal health. Most people take for granted the role public health agencies play in our lives, but its primary emphasis is tracking disease data across the country in order to prevent a nationwide epidemic or pandemic. Nobody wants another bubonic plague, right? Public health agencies carry out their mission [...]