Cardiovascular disease is a major reason life expectancy is more than two years lower for Appalachian women than their peers in the rest of the U.S. A recent study from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School… Read more
Category: University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Pitt Public Health Research Sheds Light on Pros and Cons of Cash-Only Addiction Treatment Clinics
Clinics that do not accept medical insurance and instead take cash payments in exchange for opioid use disorder treatment are filling a need for patients – but that convenience comes with significant… Read more
Comfort Asking for Sexual Consent isn’t Resulting in Condom Use Among College Students
Even though most college students feel confident discussing and obtaining consent before sex, that confidence isn’t translating into condom use, new research from the University of… Read more
Pitt Team Finds Drugs Against SARS-CoV-2 That Could Work if Virus Mutates and COVID-19 Treatments Fail
In February 2020 – when the first alarming reports about a new dangerous virus began to circulate but still weeks before COVID-19 was declared a… Read more
Lessons from HIV Pandemic Can Inform COVID-19 Pandemic Public Health Initiatives, Say Pitt Researchers
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh published a perspective in the New England Journal of Medicine drawing parallels between the HIV epidemic in Africa and… Read more