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The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is a world-class medical destination at the forefront of transformative science, medicine, education and patient care. The campus encompasses the University of Colorado health professional schools, more than 60 centers and institutes, and two nationally ranked independent hospitals - UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and Children’s Hospital Colorado - that treat more than two million adult and pediatric patients each year. Innovative, interconnected and highly collaborative, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus delivers life-changing treatments, patient care and professional training and conducts world-renowned research. For more information, visit www.cuanschutz.edu.

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The “black-legged” or “black-tailed” mosquito is known for infecting humans with the EEE virus. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

As eastern equine encephalitis spreads, a neurologist explains how to stay safe during this latest outbreak of the ‘triple E’ virus

Among those developing the brain swelling known as encephalitis, approximately one-third will die, with the rest likely to experience neurological problems.
Although H5N1 typically infects wild birds, the virus has spilled over into domesticated animal populations, like dairy cows. Peter Cade/Stone via Getty Images

Avian flu has infected dairy cows in more than a dozen states – a microbiologist explains how the virus is spreading

The H5N1 virus has infected about 900 people since 2003, and more than half of them died. But so far there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission.
If current trends continue, the U.S. could see a drastic shortage of health care workers over the next decade. LaylaBird/E+ via Getty Images

Creative arts therapy programs can help health care workers dance, write and draw their way through burnout and on-the-job stress

Long before the pandemic, health care workers were experiencing high levels of stress, burnout and compassion fatigue, all of which contribute to reduced quality of care for patients.
Latinas make up 17% of U.S. women but 21% of those living with HIV. Klebercordeiro/Getty Images

Hispanic women are less likely to get PrEP treatment − new intervention could change that

Despite higher than average rates of HIV infection, Hispanic women have relatively low awareness of PrEP, an effective HIV-prevention medication.
Your brain produces around a pint of cerebrospinal fluid each day. Archibald Church, Diseases of the nervous system (1908)/Internet Archive via Flickr

Fluid keeps your brain from crushing itself and shields your spine from shock – a neurologist explains what happens when it stops working

Cerebrospinal fluid can sometimes leak or collect in the brain without an identifiable cause, leading to symptoms that can be difficult to diagnose.
Os animais de estimação podem trazer alegria e companheirismo, bem como preocupações financeiras, perdas e desafios logísticos. Dann Tardif/Stone via Getty Images

Os animais de estimação proporcionam companheirismo, carinho e alegria - e também estresses inevitáveis

Os animais de estimação geralmente se tornam parte integrante do sistema familiar, e algumas pessoas dizem que o vínculo com eles é semelhante ao de um filho humano.
Drugs used to treat alcohol use disorder have been on the market for decades but are rarely prescribed. Krit of Studio OMG/Moment via Getty Images

Alcohol use disorder can be treated with an array of medications – but few people have heard of them

Alcohol is responsible for more deaths than overdoses from opioids and all other substances combined, yet less than 10% of people with alcohol use disorder receive treatment.

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