Archive - Raising Health

Health News Weekly Links 5/14/2025

Politics-Proof Pandemic Preparedness; The Case for Simpler Aid; How Biologists Use AI; New Tools for Healthy Aging; Social Media and Mental Health

May 14 •

Byron Cohen, PhD

April 2025

Weekly Health Links 4/20/2025

Proposed 40% Budget Cut for NIH; A new Gap Map for Science; a Roadmap for Far-UVC; Signatures of Possible Alien Life; What's In and What's Out In US…

Apr 20 •

Byron Cohen, PhD

Health News Weekly Links 4/13/2025

A powerful new tool to prevent HIV; Shingles vaccine reduces dementia; STI epidemic in USA leveling off; New Biosecurity Forecasting Group

Apr 13 •

Byron Cohen, PhD

Health News Weekly Links 4/2/2025

Lives Saved by PEPFAR; The 100 Days Mission For Vaccines; Biosafety; Progress on Herpes Vaccines

Apr 2 •

Byron Cohen, PhD

March 2025

Health News Weekly Links, 3/17/2025

Microplastics Health Impacts; Skyrocketing Drug Prices; How to Prevent Mirror Life; The Weird Market for Obesity Drugs; New Fertility Tech; Downsizing…

Mar 17 •

Byron Cohen, PhD

Health News Weekly Links 3/9/2025

Big news on mRNA vaccines for cancer, how indoor air quality affects health, the Texas measles outbreak, new antibiotics, and more.

Mar 9 •

Byron Cohen, PhD

February 2025

Health News Weekly Links 2/23/2025

Every $1 of NIH funding yields $2.46 in economic growth. A pretty good investment!

Feb 23 •

Byron Cohen, PhD

August 2022

Biosecurity challenges posed by Dual-Use Research of Concern (DURC)

How can we limit the dangers?

Aug 31, 2022 •

Byron Cohen, PhD

Global Catastrophic Biological Risks (GCBRs): A Mini Primer

What are Global Catastrophic Biological Risks (GCBRs)?

Aug 4, 2022 •

Byron Cohen, PhD

April 2022

You'll probably live longer than you expect

Why life expectancy statistics can be misleading

Apr 4, 2022 •

Byron Cohen, PhD

September 2021

This is Raising Health, a free newsletter/blog about public health and health policy.

Sep 1, 2021 •

Byron Cohen, PhD

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