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01/12/2020

Hot Topics of the Day are picked by experts to capture the latest information and publications on public health genomics and precision health for various diseases and health topics. Sources include published scientific literature, reviews, blogs and popular press articles.

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Osteoporosis Screening in Younger Postmenopausal Women
CJ Crandall et al, JAMA Insights, January 10, 2020

Osteoporosis screening with bone mineral density is recommended for women aged 65 years+. This paper summarized risk assessment tools, including family history, to select candidates for osteoporosis screening in postmenopausal women <65 years.

At 16, She’s a Pioneer in the Fight to Cure Sickle Cell Disease
NY Times, January 11, 2020

For more than half a century, scientists have known the cause of sickle cell disease, a single mutation in a gene. Millions of people are affected globally, a vast majority of them Africans. Has gene therapy finally arrived? Helen Obando is the youngest person ever to get a gene therapy that scientists hope will cure the disease, which afflicts 100,000 Americans.

Precision Public Health Asia 2020 Meeting
Singapore, April 1-3, 2020

Precision Public Health Asia 2020 Conference (PPH Asia 2020) aims to bring together policymakers, academics, industry stakeholders and technology and public health professionals to explore how the tools of the Fourth Industrial Revolution can be brought to bear in public health to benefit both the developed and developing worlds.

First death from Wuhan pneumonia outbreak reported as scientists release DNA sequence of virus
A Joseph, StatNews, January 11, 2020

Scientists released the genetic sequence of the virus — a step hailed by experts and global health leaders as vital for learning more about the virus and for distinguishing cases of pneumonia it is causing as opposed to other viruses.


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