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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Marvella Ford about a statewide project to increase HPV vaccination in children in underserved communities of South Carolina. Dr. Ford is a Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences and she’s the Associate Director of Population Sciences and Cancer Disparities at Hollings Cancer Center at MUSC.

Long COVID has been hard to define because of its large number of symptoms, but researchers at Kings College London have identified three distinct profiles.

The findings published in PLOS Global Public Health journal suggest that about 70 per cent of the country’s districts had failed to meet the global target between 2017 and 2020

According to the preliminary census report, the percentage of people aged between 20-29 decreased since 2011, possibly foreshadowing a loss in demographic dividend. The Business Standard speculates the impacts

American Heart Association names Mitchell Elkind for new leadership role to elevate clinical research activities related to stroke, brain health and other emerging science linked to cardio/cerebral vascular disease 

Over the last 11 years, the number of people has increased by 14.44% from 14.4 crore enumerated in the census conducted in 2011

Women outnumber men: For the first time, a population census has found that there are more women than men in Bangladesh. For every 100 females, there is currently around 99 males, according to a preliminary report of "Population and Housing Census 2022" which is the sixth census of Bangladesh.

The American Heart Association, the world's leading nonprofit organization focused on heart and brain health for all, has announced that Mitchell S.V. Elkind, M.D., M.S., FAHA, longtime volunteer of the Association and renowned neurologist, will be joining the staff leadership team this fall as Chief Clinical Science Officer.

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Estimates suggest that more than 160 million women and adolescents who wanted to avoid pregnancy were not using contraceptives in 2019, despite significant progress in the use of modern contraceptives globally over the previous 50 years.