TUBERCULOSIS AND FOREIGN-BORN POPULATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES: A MIXED METHODS PILOT STUDY OF MEDIA REPORTING AND POLITICAL IDENTIFICATION.

Tuberculosis and foreign-born populations in the United States: A mixed methods pilot study of media reporting and political identification.

BackgroundMedia reporting on communicable diseases has been demonstrated to affect the perception of the public.Communicable disease reporting related to foreign-born persons has not yet been evaluated.ObjectiveExamine how political leaning in the media affects BMX Gyros reporting on tuberculosis (TB) in foreign-born persons.MethodsHealthMap, a dig

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The Contribution of Submarine Optical Fiber Telecom Cables to the Monitoring of Earthquakes and Tsunamis in the NE Atlantic

Recent developments in optical fiber cable technology allows the use of existing and future submarine telecommunication cables to provide seismic and sea-level information.In this work we study the impact of three different technologies, 1) SMART, Science Monitoring and Reliable Telecommunications; 2) DAS, Distributed Acoustic Sensing, and; 3) LI,

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Expert opinions and clinical experiences with chlormethine gel as maintenance treatment for patients with mycosis fungoides

Maintenance treatment can be recommended for patients with mycosis fungoides (MF) whose disease responds to primary treatment.While positive outcomes have been observed in small studies with maintenance therapy, there is a lack of practical guidelines and agreement on when and how maintenance therapy for MF should be approached.In this article, we

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