SPH News Headlines — July 2019

Recent media coverage of School of Public Health faculty, researchers, students, and post-doctoral fellows.

Charlie Plain | October 1, 2019

Bruce Alexander
7/16: U of M provides mental health and stress support for Minnesota farmers (UMN News)
7/16: University of Minnesota provides mental health and stress support for farmers (Farm Forum)
7/17: U of M providing mental health and stress support for Minn. farmers (Austin Daily Herald – MN)
7/22: U of M provides mental health and stress support for Minnesota farmers (Fillmore County Journal – MN)
7/22: University provides mental health and stress support for Minnesota farmers (High Plains Journal – Dodge City, KS)
7/24: U of M providing mental health and stress support for farmers (Lakefield Standard – MN)
7/29: Mental health/stress support for farmers (Aitkin Independent Age – MN)

Jesse Berman 
7/10: Talking Minnesota air quality with U of M (UMN News)
7/22: Minnesota air quality good but be alert for high pollution events (Kanabec County Times – MN)

Lynn Blewett
7/12: No clear strategy to fund ballooning need for senior care (Minnesota Public Radio)
7/12: No clear strategy to fund ballooning need for senior care (Business North – MN)
7/15: GetInsured retires more than $1 million of consumer medical debt in Minnesota after survey sheds light on statewide issue (PR Newswire)
7/15: No clear strategy to fund ballooning need for senior care (Albert Lea Tribune – MN)
7/24: Getting older, going Broke: Who’s going to pay for long-term care? (The Pew Charitable Trusts)
7/25: Getting older, going broke: Who’s going to pay for long-term care? (The Fiscal Times)
7/31: Getting older, going broke: Who’s going to pay for long-term care? (The Keene Sentinel – NH)

Timothy Church
7/12: UMN researcher helps evaluate effect of ‘spin’ in health news (Minnesota Daily)

Linda Frizzell
7/8: U’s innovative workforce training will help address American Indian health gaps (Minneapolis Star Tribune – MN)
7/9: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials (The Bellingham Herald – WA)
7/9: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials (The State – Columbia, SC)
7/9: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials (Myrtle Beach Sun Times – SC)

Joseph Gaugler
7/15: Dementia-friendly airports working group launches survey (Lillie News – St. Paul, MN)
7/21: Local tour on dementia is July 26 (Wadena Pioneer Journal – MN)
7/22: Twin Cities group seeks dementia-related airport stories (Red Wing Republican Eagle – MN)
7/22: Twin Cities group seeks dementia-related airport stories (Hudson Star-Observer – Red Wing, MN)
7/23: Survey seeks stories about traveling with dementia (Eden Prairie News – MN)
7/31: Rest but don’t stop on long-term care challenges (Minneapolis Star Tribune – MN)

Sarah Gollust
7/8: Public perception of scientific uncertainty linked to HPV vaccine policy support (Infection Control Today)

Rachel Hardeman
7/25: The black midwives changing care for women of color – photo essay (The Guardian)

Carrie Henning-Smith
7/10: Social isolation and loneliness: Insights from rural clinical providers and other experts (The Rural Monitor)
7/10: The Rural-ness of social isolation: Information from recent public health research (The Rural Monitor)
7/10: Disappearing birth centers in rural Minnesota (TPT TV – Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN)

Diane Kampa (UMASH)
7/23: Farm safety, wellness will be focus of pavilion at FarmFest (Minnesota News Network)
7/23: Health, safety and wellness to be the focus of exhibition at Farmfest (Albert Lea Tribune – MN)

Julia Interrante (student)
7/26: It shouldn’t be this hard! Why we must have paid family leave. (MinnPost – MN) 

Mary Kosuth (student)
7/12: The tiniest terror (Medill Reports Chicago)

Nicole Larson
7/23: Research roundup: Food insecurity and chirping crickets (Minnesota Daily)

Russell Luepker
7/12: UMN researcher helps evaluate effect of ‘spin’ in health news (Minnesota Daily)

Rowan Mahon (student)
7/5: 2 Minnesota students fight for prescription drug repository (U.S. News & World Report)
7/5: 2 ‘U’ students fight for prescription drug repository (WCCO TV – Minneapolis, MN)
7/15: Minnesota is creating a way for patients to find lower-priced prescription drugs thanks to … Tim Pawlenty? (MinnPost – Minneapolis, MN)

Jon Oliver
7/6: Mosquito bites can be more than just an annoyance, some people are allergic to them (Prior Lake American – MN)
7/17: Watch for deer ticks this summer (WTIP North Shore Community Radio – MN)
7/19: Ticked off: A new species of blood sucker is on the move (MPR News – MN)
7/20: Researchers use mobile lab for Itasca tick research (International Falls Journal – MN)
7/28: Don’t forget West Nile (Windom News – MN)

Michael Osterholm
7/6: Floods force new thinking on stream restoration (Post Bulletin – Rochester, MN)
7/12: Big Island party scene plays part in outbreak, officials suspect (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
7/17: A GOP lawmaker thinks rise in Lyme Disease is due to a secret tick experiment. A scientist squashes that idea. (The Washington Post)
7/18: Congressman says rise in Lyme disease is due to secret tick experiment; scientist says no (The Bemidji Pioneer – MN)
7/19: What’s really behind the spread of Lyme disease? Clue: it’s not the Pentagon (The Guardian)
7/22: Ebola funding need to triple as international risk escalates (Bloomberg
7/24: National, state experts call for action to address chronic wasting disease (Brainerd Dispatch– MN)
7/30: Leading experts call for action to address chronic wasting disease (Ohio Ag News
7/31: Ebola crisis anniversary sparks concerns of long-term threat (The Hill)
7/31: Experts call for action to address chronic wasting disease (International Falls Journal – MN)
7/31: Chronic wasting disease: A call to action (Outbreak News Today)

Colin Planalp (SHADAC)
7/9: Numbers suggest progress on opioid fight (MPR News – MN)
7/9: Numbers suggest progress on opioid fight in Minnesota (Albert Lea Tribune – MN)
7/27: Rural northland faces its own drug crisis (Duluth News Tribune – MN)
7/28: Rural Minnesota faces its own drug crisis (Wadena Pioneer Journal – MN)
7/30: How limited resources and the re-emergence of meth take a toll on rural Minn. (Owatonna People’s Press – MN)

Gary Schwitzer 
7/12: UMN researcher helps evaluate effect of ‘spin’ in health news (Minnesota Daily)
7/15: Revisiting the role of the science journalist (Undark Magazine)

Jaime Slaughter-Acey
7/29: Racial/ethnic disparities continue in NICU care (Medscape)

State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC)
7/29: Arizona 3rd worst in US for per-person health care spending (Arizona Mirror – AZ)
7/29: Arizona 3rd worst in US for per-person health care spending (Havasu News-Herald – AZ)

Irina Stepanov and Aleksandra Alcheva (student)
7/9: Cigarettes marketed as “natural” and “organic” are loaded with nicotine and toxicants, just like other cigarettes (UMN News)
7/16: ‘Natural’ cigarettes are still toxic, UM study says (Duluth News Tribune – MN)
7/22: No, Natural American Spirits are not better for you, say Minnesota scientists (City Pages – Minneapolis, MN)
7/26: ‘Organic,’ ‘natural’ cigarettes are similar to, if not worse than, other brands, UMN study finds (Minnesota Daily)
7/31: Cigarettes changing, but consequences for smokers remain the same as always (Bluff Country News – MN)

Leigh Turner
7/2: FDA warning letters drop by a third under Trump (Medscape)
7/8: Texas ranks third for number of stem cell clinics. But that may not be a good thing. (KUT Radio – Austin, TX)
7/10: A gruesome case study points to the hazards of stem cell tourism (Los Angeles Times)
7/11: Canada case highlights possible long-term risks of experimental stem cell therapy (STAT)

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