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The summer of 2024 is shaping up to be among the hottest on record, and for fungi, that may be just the stimulus needed to enable them to effectively infect humans. That’s according to Johns Hopkins professor Arturo Casadevall in …

Fungi are becoming more adapted to hot temperatures, and that may lead to more human infections, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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Most of the world’s population is dependent on grains for survival, and if fungal attacks on these food sources continue to increase, starvation of many of us is possible. That’s according to Arturo Casadevall, author of “Will the Fungi Win,” …

Devastation of food crops is one of fungi’s biggest threats to people, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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The vast majority of kids in the US go to school, and CDC director Mandy Cohen, at a recent Johns Hopkins talk, says these are very important places to start to set up people for a healthy lifestyle throughout their …

Where do we need to start to improve health across the lifespan? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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Women in the US experience a rate of maternal mortality twice as high and sometimes three times as high as that of other high income countries. How do we account for this dismal statistic and what can we do about …

Maternal mortality in the United States is a national tragedy, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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In 2023, more than 50,000 Americans died by suicide, continuing a grim trend upward that has been underway for years. Mandy Cohen, CDC director, said at a recent Johns Hopkins talk that the agency is analyzing all the data and …

Can we figure out how to reduce deaths due to suicide? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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Schools, communities, medical systems, all are working to intervene when it comes to the epidemic rate of drug overdose death we are experiencing nationally. At a recent talk at Johns Hopkins, CDC director Mandy Cohen says including the many resources …

When strategizing on how to prevent drug overdoses, look to the CDC first, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »