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Southern states account for a large percentage of individuals that live with HIV–44% in the country and 37% in the U.S., to be exact. Surprisingly, southern states tend to have lower HIV survival rates, but Texas has a higher survival
Read More Texas State Psychology Alum Publishes Research on Living with HIV in Texas
Texans know drought. Every year, summer brings intense heat and rain becomes increasingly rare. We struggle to keep our lawns green, watch as our rivers and lakes recede, and wait for a storm to break the cycle. In many Texas
Read More Geography Graduate Makes Good with Study of Water Attitudes in Texas
Dr. José Carlos De la Puente, Associate Professor in the Department of History at Texas State University, is studying an ancient documenting system from the pre-Hispanic Andes region known as the quipu. Similar to the abacus, the quipu enlists lines
They say that teaching can be a thankless job. A new study published in the Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, “Why do teachers leave? A comprehensive occupational health study evaluating intent-to-quit in public school teachers,” shows that other factors besides
We are in the middle of an opioid overdose epidemic in the United States. Prescription drug misuse (PDM) contributes to this crisis. PDM is the use of prescription opioids, stimulants, sedatives, or tranquilizers that are not prescribed and are taken
The prevailing theory in archaeology is that the first Native Americans came from Northeast Asia across a land bridge. Recently, however, archaeologists Dennis Stanford and Bruce Bradley proposed a controversial alternative theory: the“Solutrean Hypothesis” which argues that ancient Europeans may have
It has been argued that fixating on the big picture–such as tracking numbers–can obscure the lived experience of homelessness. Knowing, for example, that, according to the latest national estimate, Texas experienced a 1.8 percent increase in homelessness in 2017 may not help
In an age when the status of facts is challenged regularly, it has become even more important to check and cite sources. This is the case not only in news and politics but also in science, where research and experiments
Organizations use social media as a tool for interacting with the public. Nowhere could this goal be more useful and helpful than in the health industry. In medicine, hospitals and health care organizations try to leverage social media for outreach
Read More Improving Interactions between Health Organizations and the Public on Social Media
In an era ruled by a dictatorship, Madrid’s youth emerged as a force for democracy and resistance. In Antiauthoritarian Youth Culture in Francoist Spain (Bloomsbury Press, 2018), Louie Dean Valencia-Garcia, assistant professor of history, explores the role of young people
