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AI Tool Developed To ID Dementia Risk In Understudied Groups
In 2019 Miriam Owens was running a Richmond, Va., childcare center with plans to expand when she noticed something strange: She no longer could smell dirty diapers.View Article Details for AI Tool Developed To ID Dementia Risk In Understudied Groups -
OP/ED: How social media can be good for our health
In parents’ groups, at the water cooler, in the news—even on social media itself—American public discourse is awash in research-validated concerns about the harm social media can wreak on the nation’s psyche. The fear is especially acute concerning children’s mental health, and even the modern-day t...View Article Details for OP/ED: How social media can be good for our health -
Study Shows Higher Rates of Bird Flu in Cats Near Infected Dairy Farms
University of Maryland researchers and their colleagues found that after an H5N1 bird flu outbreak on dairy farms, cats were more likely to have bird flu antibodies the closer they were to the farms. Their study appears in the September 2026 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases.View Article Details for Study Shows Higher Rates of Bird Flu in Cats Near Infected Dairy Farms -
Study: Wildfire Smoke Poses growing risk to babies before birth
As this year’s wildfires set new records for acres burned, destroying homes and businesses and ravaging communities, a new University of Maryland study finds their smoke may also be harming unborn babies more than ever before.View Article Details for Study: Wildfire Smoke Poses growing risk to babies before birth -
SPH welcomes new associate dean for research
Starting this month, SPH Professor Amelia Arria is expanding her role within the UMD School of Public Health as the new associate dean for research.View Article Details for SPH welcomes new associate dean for research -
Data analysis shows no increase in mental health prescriptions after abortion
As more women globally turn to medications to have abortions, a UMD-led study out today in JAMA Psychiatry found no evidence that a first medication or procedural abortion caused an increase in mental health medication use.View Article Details for Data analysis shows no increase in mental health prescriptions after abortion