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The Quest for Big Data – Does it Ever End?

June 18, 2014January 25, 2023 Karen Biala

Perhaps more than ever before, massive amounts of health data are available at the click of a mouse. HealthMap, for example, utilizes an automated process

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Thirsty and Energized for Change? Celebrate World Water Day.

March 21, 2014January 25, 2023 Karen Biala

Since 1993, World Water Day marks an annual international event that brings attention to a specific aspect of freshwater, ranging from the theme of women

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This Scarlet Fever Is Not a Harmless College Sickness

February 4, 2014January 25, 2023 Karen Biala

At Rutgers University, my alma mater, saying that you have scarlet fever is a good thing. The state university of New Jersey is home to

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The P. Vivax Comeback — Is Malaria Beating Natural Defense?

December 9, 2013January 25, 2023 Karen Biala

Africans who were thought to be protected against malaria infection by the Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) parasite now seem to be at risk for the

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