Public Health in the News (4/22/18 – 4/28/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor
Global
- British forestry officials have warned London residents of a species of caterpillars that can cause severe allergic reactions in humans.
- A large study of almost 200,000 children in three African countries found that two doses of antibiotics a year can decrease infant death rates by up to 25 percent.
- Approximately 4,000 Ebola survivors in the West African country of Sierra Leone are living with physical and mental issues.
National
- Federal health officials have identified one of the sources of romaine lettuce responsible for the E. coli outbreak that has made 98 people sick.
- Physicians are speaking out about a hidden epidemic involving the prescription of benzodiazepines in America.
Northwestern
- Northwestern Medicine professor has identified a molecule involved in painful diabetic neuropathy.
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