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René F. Najera, MPH, DrPH

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Public Health Has Done More With Less, but This Is Ridiculous

It’s going to be an interesting four years, to say the least.

1d ago

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The Quantastic Journal

So, You’re a Public Health Worker and Want to Engage with Your Community?

There’s an art to telling the public what’s good and what isn’t.

1d ago

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1d ago

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Sharing Science

Logical Fallacies and Statistical Anomalies Trick You Into Believing Untrue Things

No, Nicolas Cage isn’t trying to drown you.

5d ago

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Microbial Instincts

Vaccinating Smart, Not Blind: What Dengue Vaccination in Brazil Can Teach Us

The dengue vaccine trials are a perfect example of letting epidemiology guide the response. Otherwise, you’re blindly vaccinating everyone…

Jan 16

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Jan 16

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STEM Parenting

How I Taught My Daughter Her First Lesson on Gambling and Finances

A lesson I’ll keep emphasizing to help her make good decisions on how to spend her money.

Jan 14

How I Taught My Daughter Her First Lesson on Gambling and Finances

Jan 14

Published in
The Quantastic Journal

Choose Your Own Apocalypse: Which Scenario Will Humanity Embrace?

From extermination to limitless expansion, humanity has choices. Whether we make the right one is yet to be determined.

Jan 12

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Jan 12

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BeingWell

Do This the Moment You Feel an Anxiety Attack

Interestingly, similar steps for recovering from a spin in an airplane can be applied to when the world starts spinning too fast around…

Jan 8

Do This the Moment You Feel an Anxiety Attack

Jan 8

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The Haven

Don’t Tread On Me: A Taxless Town Tale That’s Tempting

If this were a true story, half of America would be craving to live there.

Jan 7

Don’t Tread On Me: A Taxless Town Tale That’s Tempting

Jan 7

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Microbial Instincts

The Flu Rides in Winter, and a Half Dozen Other Viruses Ride With It

It’s not just the flu, folks. Other viruses are making the rounds in winter, ready to strike you down. (And let me clarify that whole Human…

Jan 5

The Flu Rides in Winter, and a Half Dozen Other Viruses Ride With It

Jan 5

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STEM Parenting

A Fun Way to Teach Your Child About Statistical Inference… With Candy

Using candy, a notepad, and a calculator to teach my child how polling estimates work.

Jan 4

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Jan 4

René F. Najera, MPH, DrPH

René F. Najera, MPH, DrPH

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DrPH in Epidemiology. Public Health Instructor. Father. Husband. "All around great guy." https://linktr.ee/rene.najera

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