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Author: Viet Le

Cultural Comic Books for Educating Asian Americans about Hepatitis B

By Viet Le
Posted: May 24, 2013
Category: Cancer | Tagged Asian American, Health Disparities, infectious disease, interventions, minority health, public health, virus | 3 Comments

Immigration Reform: A Second Chance for Undocumented Immigrant Health?

By Viet Le
Posted: April 9, 2013
Category: Uncategorized | Tagged Affordable Care Act, Health Disparities, immigrant health, immigration, immigration reform, minority health, public health | Leave a comment

Drug Resistance in MRSA is Finely-tuned

By Viet Le
Posted: March 5, 2013
Category: Uncategorized | Tagged antibiotic resistance, bacteria, hospital, microbes, MRSA, public health | 1 Comment

Ethnicity and the Genetics of Glaucoma

By Viet Le
Posted: January 29, 2013
Category: Uncategorized | Tagged Asian, Asian American, genetics, genome wide association studies, glaucoma, Health Disparities, minority health, public health | 1 Comment

Could Wolbachia be an alternative to dengue-fighting GMOsquitos?

By Viet Le
Posted: January 3, 2013
Category: Uncategorized | Tagged bacteria, dengue, GMO, infectious disease, mosquito, outbreak, prevention, Wolbachia | 7 Comments

Overcoming the obstacles of diagnosing diabetes in Asian Americans

By Viet Le
Posted: November 27, 2012
Category: Uncategorized | Tagged Asian American, diabetes, insulin resistance, minority health | 5 Comments
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