… senior author and professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. “We think it’s important for researchers and vaccine manufacturers in low- and middle-income countries such as Brazil or …
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A young man smokes a marijuana joint during a rally in downtown…
… Dyck Not all medicinal marijuana is created equal. That’s what some experts are saying as they warn about the health risks and curtailed effectiveness associated with smoking medicine. As medical pot becomes increasingly mainstream and Canada moves …
Do “weekend warriors” reap the full benefits of exercise?
… is completely inactive, the best thing they can do is even getting out and taking a walk,” said Hannah Arem, a health researcher at George Washington University. For people who think they don’t have enough time for small amounts of exercise to …
Ita s all good: Any exercise cuts risk of death, study finds
… is completely inactive, the best thing they can do is even getting out and taking a walk,” said Hannah Arem, a health researcher at George Washington University. For people who think they don’t have enough time for small amounts of exercise to …
Report: 37,000 Louisiana jobs at risk if Obamacare is repealed
An estimated 37,000 Louisiana jobs will be lost if Congress ends the Medicaid expansion program and premium tax credits linked to the federal Affordable Care Act, according to a new nonpartisan report. Repealing the health-care law would lead to a $639.7 million loss in state and local taxes; a $39.1 billion loss in business output; and a $21.5 billion hit to the gross state product, according to the report from the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and nonprofit Commonwealth Fund.