SPH News Headlines — January 2020

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

Charlie Plain | February 11, 2020

Jean Abraham and Lynn Blewett 
1/7: Report: We’re struggling to pay for health care (Duluth News Tribune – MN)

John Amuasi (alum)
1/30: Inappropriate community practices lead to poor outcomes for snake bite victims – Researcher (Ghana Business News)

El’gin Avila (student)
1/29: Beyond coffee and condos: Black and brown families displaced and erased (Environmental Health News)

Lynn Blewett
1/11: Schafer: For Mayo and other nonprofits, operating in the black is about survival, not greed (Minneapolis Star Tribune – MN)
1/28: Indiana Medicaid expansion tied to budget challenges (Minnesota Reformer)

Janette Dill 
1/7: Unemployment pushes more men to take on female-dominated jobs (The Conversation)
1/7: Unemployment pushes more men to take on female-dominated jobs (The Telegraph – Alton, IL)
1/8: Men who are unemployed are more likely to take on female-dominated jobs — and may experience advantages (Business Insider)
1/17: Cover Story: Health care jobs are booming in NC, but low pay is a big problem (Triangle Business Journal)
1/21: Women’s gains in the work force conceal a problem (The New York Times)
1/24: Women now outnumber men on U.S. payrolls (TPT-TV – St. Paul, MN)
1/24: Women’s gains in the work force conceal a problem (Chattanooga Times Free Press – TN)
1/26: “Economic disruption” needed for men to consider taking female-dominated jobs, U research finds (The Minnesota Daily)

Melanie Firestone
1/3: Minneapolis becomes first in state to post food inspections online (Minneapolis Star Tribune – MN)
1/13: Siding with grocers, Oregon doesn’t grade grocery stores on food safety (The Oregonian – Portland, OR)
1/13: Research Brief: Diners want better access to restaurant inspection information (UMN News)
1/14: Diners want better access to restaurant inspection information (Faribault Daily News – MN)
1/26: Dinkytown restaurants are good to go, according to new city inspections tool (The Minnesota Daily)

Judy Garrard (emeritus)
1/29: Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport to screen for coronavirus (Minneapolis Star Tribune – MN)

Joseph Gaugler
1/14: Why late afternoon, evening in hospitals can be the worst time of day (Inforum)
1/14: Why late afternoon, evening in hospitals can be the worst time of day (West Central Tribune – Willmar, MN)
1/14: Why late afternoon, evening in hospitals can be the worst time of day (Brainerd Dispatch – MN)
1/19: Professor travels the state to spread dementia awareness (Morrison County Record – MN)
1/25: Thousands affected by Alzheimer’s disease (Kanabec County Times – MN)

Rachel Hardeman 
1/21: What do doulas do — and how can I find one In LA? (LAist – Southern California Public Radio)

Carrie Henning-Smith
1/8: Research Brief: In U.S., premature death rates highest in rural counties with majority black or indigenous populations (UMN News)
1/9: Approaching the issue of rural social isolation (Rural Health Voices)
1/9: In U.S., premature death rates highest in rural counties with majority black or indigenous (Mirage News – Wollongong, AU)
1/23: Interview on social isolation among rural residents (KSIR Radio – Fort Morgan, CO)

Ancel Keys
1/13: Four reasons to reconsider approach to dieting resolutions (Tallahassee Democrat – FL)

Katy Kozhimannil
1/6: Coping with loss of hospital, rural town realizes: We don’t need a hospital (Billings Gazette – MT)
1/9: U of M research shows rural moms more likely to die in childbirth (MPR News)
1/13: Kan. town coping a year after hospital closes (New Hampshire Union Leader)
1/24: Medicaid changes could address maternal mortality driven by social determinants (Modern Healthcare)
1/27: KHN Morning Briefing (Kaiser Health News)

Colleen Longacre (student)
1/30: Research Brief: U.S. rural breast cancer patients must routinely travel long distances for treatment (UMN News)
1/30: U of M study: Women in rural areas travel nearly three times farther for breast cancer treatment (FOX 9 TV – Minneapolis, MN)

Hannah Neprash
1/14: Research Brief: Workforce turnover contributes to health care physician trend towards working in larger practices (UMN News)
1/14: Doctor replacement ratios higher in largest, hospital-owned practices (Physician’s Weekly)
1/14: Doctor replacement ratios higher in largest, hospital-owned practices (Medical Xpress)
1/15: Turnover key in physician movement to large group practices, research suggests (Becker’s Hospital Review)
1/15: Workforce turnover contributes to health care physician trend towards working (Mirage News – Wollongong, AU)
1/17: More physicians entering large, hospital-owned practices (Healio)

Michael Osterholm 
1/5: Cause of Wuhan’s mysterious pneumonia cases still unknown, Chinese officials say (STAT)
1/6: Cause of Wuhan’s Mysterious Pneumonia Cases Still Unknown, Chinese Officials Say (Scientific American)
1/10: Virus in China is part of a growing threat (The Wall Street Journal)
1/13: China’s swift ID of a new virus is a win for public health (Wired)
1/13: Wildlife officials in Alabama say there’s no need to panic here as deer disease spreads in Mississippi (Montgomery Advertiser – AL)
1/14: WHO refuses to rule out human-to-human spread in China’s mystery virus outbreak (The Telegraph – UK)
1/15: U of M Chronic Wasting Disease Resource Center names fourteen international experts to executive committee (UMN News)
1/16: Outbreak of SARS-like virus widens with first case in Japan (Free Malaysia Today)
1/16: Outbreak of SARS-like virus widens with first case in Japan (San Francisco Chronicle – CA)
1/20: Vaccine for new Chinese coronavirus in the works (Albany Herald – GA)
1/20: Vaccine for new Chinese coronavirus in the works (KCPQ-TV – Seattle, WA)
1/21: First case of coronavirus from China confirmed in U.S. (KGET-TV – Bakersfield, CA)
1/21: CDC confirms first US case of Wuhan coronavirus (Healio)
1/21: 1st case of coronavirus from China confirmed in U.S. (WRCB-TV – Chattanooga, TN)
1/21: WHO raises possibility of ‘sustained’ human-to-human transmission of new virus in China (STAT)
1/21: 1st case of coronavirus from China confirmed in U.S. (NBC News)
1/21: Coronavirus outbreak: What to know, and should the U.S. be worried? (KARE-TV – Minneapolis, MN)
1/22: Could China’s new coronavirus become a global epidemic? (Wired)
1/22: How worried should you be about this coronavirus outbreak? (MinnPost)
1/22: China coronavirus update: What it is, how dangerous it is, what is being done (Biospace)
1/22: There is a deadly coronavirus sweeping through south east Asia: could it be the next Sars? (The Telegraph – UK)
1/23: Disease detectives hunting down more information about ‘super spreader’ of Wuhan coronavirus (KTVZ-TV – Bend, OR)
1/23: Four ‘generations’ of spread seen with virus in China, alarming experts (STAT)
1/23: Minnesota disease expert says coronavirus spread unlikely but would have high consequence (WCCO-TV – Minneapolis, MN)
1/23: Coronavirus is spreading, but W.H.O. says itʼs not a global emergency (The New York Times)
1/23: The coronavirus should be a wake-up call for Congress (New York Magazine)
1/24: How worried should we be about coronavirus? (Mpls.St.Paul Magazine – MN)
1/24: Four “generations” of spread seen with virus in China, alarming experts (Scientific American)
1/24: Coronavirus terrifies us, but another virus has already killed 6,000 in US (The Walton Sun – Walton Beach, FL)
1/24: Bats and sneezing camels: A tale of two viruses (Med News Ledger)
1/24: Something far deadlier than the Wuhan coronavirus lurks near you, right here in America (USA Today)
1/24: Coronavirus will impact supply chains around the world within days to week: Infectious disease expert (CNBC)
1/24: Bats and sneezing camels: A tale of two viruses (CBC – CAN)
1/24: Stock market live updates: Dow drops, Coronavirus fears take over, Boeing reversal (CNBC)
1/25: Disease detectives hunting down more information about ‘super spreader’ of Wuhan coronavirus (WKTV-TV – Utica, NY)
1/25: In New York City’s Chinatown, residents and doctors brace for coronavirus’ arrival (Los Angeles Times)
1/26: As coronavirus fears intensify, effectiveness of quarantines is questioned (The New York Times)
1/26: More U.S. coronavirus cases emerge, as China’s death toll rises (The New York Times)
1/26: China says coronavirus can spread before symptoms show – calling into question US containment strategy (Gwinnett Daily Post – Lawrenceville, GA)
1/26: China says coronavirus can spread before symptoms show — calling into question U.S. containment strategy (WJW FOX 8 TV – Cleveland, OH) 
1/26: China says coronavirus can spread before symptoms show — calling into question US containment strategy (KCPQ-TV – Seattle, WA)
1/27: Fear of coronavirus grows, but another virus has already killed 6,000 in U.S. (Mass Live)
1/27: Authorities say Chinese coronavirus could spread before symptoms show (Nature World News)
1/28: Can the new coronavirus be stopped? (WebMD)
1/28: Can the new coronavirus be stopped? (Medscape)
1/28: Why are we so terrified of coronavirus? (The Register-Guard – Eugene, OR) 
1/28: Coronavirus a growing threat to global supply chains – pharma being hit first (The Loadstar)
1/28: As the coronavirus spreads, familiar questions on emergency preparedness resurface (MPR News)
1/29: As coronavirus spreads, researchers race to develop a vaccine (NBC News)
1/29: Escalating outbreak heaps pressure on world health watchdog (Bloomberg)
1/29: Coronavirus is no Ebola, and that presents a different problem (Midland Reporter-Telegram – TX)
1/29: As coronavirus explodes in China, countries struggle to control its spread (The New York Times)
1/29: Worrying about coronavirus? This other virus is the real threat. (The Philadelphia Inquirer – PA)
1/29: Escalating outbreak heaps pressure on world health watchdog (Bloomberg/Quint)
1/29: Escalating outbreak heaps pressure on World Health Organization (BNN Bloomberg – CAN)
1/29: Why are we so terrified of coronavirus? (Ellwood City Ledger – PA)
1/30: Limited data may be skewing assumptions about severity of coronavirus outbreak, experts say (STAT)
1/30: University of Minnesota doctor weighs in on coronavirus global health emergency (FOX 9 TV – Minneapolis, MN)
1/31: Trump administration restricts entry into U.S. from China (The New York Times)
1/31: How the feds missed their chance at a coronavirus vaccine (Politico)
1/31: Is it time to worry about coronavirus yet? (MinnPost)
1/31: Coronavirus Update, Invasive Species. Jan 31, 2020, Part 1 (Science Friday)
1/31: Trump administration restricts entry into U.S. from China (The Seattle Times – WA)

Colin Planalp (SHADAC)
1/7: St. Paul experiences overdose spike over last few weeks (The Neighbor)
1/7: St. Paul experiences overdose spike over last few weeks (The Center Square)
1/10: St. Paul experiences overdose spike over last few weeks (Alpha News MN)
1/13: St. Paul experiences overdose spike over last few weeks (The Minnesota Sun)
1/14: Expanding Medicaid programs helped – but didn’t solve – the opioid crisis (Healthline)
1/21: Newest phase in opioid epidemic: Mix of opioids and stimulants like coke and meth (Minnesota Reformer)

Gary Schwitzer
1/12: Recent data debunks Mount Pleasant cancer cluster scare (Post and Courier – Charleston, SC)

Keelia Silvis (student)
1/16: Too many African Americans are losing their sight to glaucoma (Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder)

State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC)
1/7: AARP to focus on drug price transparency, student loan debt and more for General Assembly (CBS 19 TV – Charlottesville, VA)
1/22: New Hudson clinic’s novel idea: a price list (Rivertowns)

Leigh Turner
1/18: Stem-cell therapy, with a growing market, comes under a microscope (Minneapolis Star Tribune – MN)

Rachel Widome 
1/9: Researchers cite health benefits of later school start times for teens (Alexandria Echo Press – MN)

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