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  1. IHME wins two new grants to study US health disparities and effective delivery of services. http://bit.ly/10aYP8
  2. MortalityMonday: #IHME analyzed US Census Bureau data from 1959 to 2001 to estimate trends in mortality by county. http://bit.ly/cFy2L
  3. RiskFactorFriday: Most deaths in US attributable to preventable risk factors are from cardiovascular diseases. http://bit.ly/zEv8t
  4. #IHME Director Dr. Christopher Murray spoke at the World Economic Forum Summit on the Global Agenda in Dubai. http://bit.ly/5ySGv7
  5. MortalityMonday: War kills more people than previously estimated. More than 1 million in decade vs nearly 4 million. http://bit.ly/33bvXC
  6. RiskFactorFriday: One lump. Not two. High blood sugar causes an estimated 190,000 deaths in the US yearly. http://bit.ly/zEv8t
  7. IHME Post-Bachelor Fellows call for democratizing data to provide evidence of global health progress. http://bit.ly/10aYP8
  8. Hit play and watch the global health landscape change with #IHME's #GIS Tool. http://bit.ly/10aYP8
  9. MortalityMonday: Over two decades, 4% of US men and 19% of women experienced either decline or stagnation in mortality. http://bit.ly/cFy2L
  10. RiskFactorFriday: Hit the gym. Too little physical activity leads to 191,000 deaths a year. http://bit.ly/zEv8t
  11. In The Lancet today, #IHME Post-Bachelor Fellows bring skeptical optimism to global health problems. http://bit.ly/2idBL6
  12. #IHME Board Chair Dr. Julio Frenk argues for reinvigorating primary care. http://bit.ly/kdy4B
  13. MortalityMonday: Between 1961 and 1999, life expectancy in US rose from 67 to 74 years for men, 74 to 80 for women. http://bit.ly/cFy2L
  14. RiskFactorFriday: Latinos have a higher risk of having undiagnosed diabetes. http://bit.ly/4kd2bR
  15. The #Lancet editor Richard Horton argued forcefully for better health data in a speech at UW. http://bit.ly/2i43V4
  16. UW's new Health Metrics and Evaluation track offers only master's in US w/ health measurement focus. http://bit.ly/10aYP8
  17. MortalityMonday: #IHME estimates 5.4 billion deaths from wars, starting with Vietnam and ending with Bosnia: http://bit.ly/33bvXC
  18. RiskFactorFriday: Everyone needs some down time. High blood pressure leads to 395,000 deaths yearly. http://bit.ly/zEv8t
  19. IHME collaborators start household surveys in Bangladesh, Indonesia, South Africa and Peru for global burden of disease study.
  20. #IHME Professor Dean Jamison talks to the Washington Post about the importance of global health funding. http://bit.ly/1clP4Z