Study reveals cost-effective ways to reduce venomous snakebite toll in Brazilian Amazon
Researchers from Duke – including five from the Department of Emergency Medicine – and Brazil found the benefits of scaling up antivenom access greatly outweigh the costs.
Duke Emergency Medicine Announces Creation of Division of Translational Health Sciences
On December 1, 2023, the Duke Department of Emergency Medicine’s Section of Translational Health Sciences will officially transition to a division. The research-focused division is the first division within the new department.
The Epidemiologist Next Door
Emily Smith mines personal and professional experiences in a new book, which asks what it means to love your neighbor.
Prenatal Exposure to Lead Linked to Lower Birth Weights, Earlier Births in Gold Mining Communities
A new study on the impacts of prenatal exposure to toxic metals linked to artisanal gold mining and other sources in Madre de Dios, Peru, finds that mercury has no direct effect on a newborn’s birth weight or gestational age. It’s a different story, though, for lead, which may also be released by mining operations but more likely is consumed when people eat wild game that inadvertently still contains small bullet fragments.