Relationship between Overall Social Vulnerability & COVID-19 Incidence in Louisiana - Public Health
Article featured in LSUHSC NEWSROOM on February 23, 2021 – Click here to read the article Published: January 20, 2021, in Frontiers in Public Health On March 9, 2020, the first presumptive COVID-19 case was reported in Louisiana. Throughout the Summer of 2020, Louisiana has remained an epicenter for COVID-19 in the United States with […]
Alcohol Intake and Alcohol–SNP Interactions Associated with Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness - Public Health
Excessive alcohol intake is a well-known modifiable risk factor for many cancers. It is still unclear whether genetic variants or single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) can modify alcohol intake’s impact on prostate cancer (PCa) aggressiveness. The objective is to test the alcohol–SNP interactions of the 7501 SNPs in the four pathways (angiogenesis, mitochondria, miRNA, and androgen […]
Narrowing of the Racial Gap In Opioid-Involved Deaths: Implications for Public Health Policy & Practice - Public Health
Published 20th January, 2021 – Public Health Issues and Practices, https://doi.org/10.33790/jphip1100175 Opioid overdose death rates in the United States has been increasing over the past several years. This increasing trend has been seen in states across the country. Previous studies have highlighted that opioid-involved deaths have occurred mostly in non-Hispanic Whites. The objectives of this […]
Coronavirus variants may complicate Louisiana's path out of pandemic - Public Health
BY EMILY WOODRUFF | Staff writer Published Jan 21, 2021 at 4:17 pm | Updated Jan 21, 2021, 9:22 pm The Louisiana Department of Health is doubling down on efforts to increase surveillance for new and more contagious variants of the coronavirus, including keeping watch for some found in other countries that could threaten the […]