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Pennsylvania tick season can hide a second dangerous infection
“There is some evidence that your symptoms will be more intense if you've got both of the infections,” said Danielle Tufts, assistant professor of infectious diseases and microbiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, about co-infection with Lyme disease and Anaplasmosis, the state’s second-most common tick-borne illness. “You can get co-infected with them, but... if you get a treatment of doxycycline, it should take care of both.”
5 practices behind sustained organizational success
Rick Anderson (HPM '71) earned his MPH in healthcare administration from Pitt Public Health in 1971. He went on to become president and CEO of St. Luke’s University Health Network, where he has led the organization for 41 years, making him the longest-tenured healthcare executive in the U.S.
Jarlenski awarded NIDA grant to study substance use treatment during pregnancy in rural, under resourced communities
Marian Jarlenski, PhD, MPH, professor of health policy and management at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, has been awarded a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to study the effects of innovative treatment models for pregnant women with opioid use disorder (OUD).