In the past half century, deadly disease outbreaks caused by novel viruses of animal origin - Nipah virus in Malaysia, H
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Hispanics are defined as people of Spanish-speaking origin from Latin America, the Caribbean, or Europe. Hispanics vary
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In October 1999, the Forum on Emerging Infections of the Institute of Medicine convened a two-day workshop titled a oeIn
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Since the 2014 Ebola outbreak many public- and private-sector leaders have seen a need for improved management of global
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Health literacy is the degree to which one can understand and make decisions based on health information. Nearly 90 mill
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On February 5, 2015, the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Population Health Improvement hosted a workshop to explore
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Health literacy is the degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand the basic health information and
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Approximately 80 million adults in the United States have low health literacy - an individual's ability to obtain,
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A 2010 IOM report, Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World, found that not only is it possible to reduce
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In January 2013, the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine of the Institute of Medicine he
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Population Health Implications of the Affordable Care Act is the summary of a workshop convened in June 2013 by the Inst
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