Public Health in the News (5/13/18 – 5/19/18)

By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor

Global

• The World Health Organization announced that Congo’s Ebola outbreak has spread to Mbandaka, a densely populated city.
• The World Health Organization announced a plan to eliminate trans fats worldwide by the year 2023.

National

• The salmonella outbreak which caused a recall of over 200 million eggs has now made a total of 35 people sick.
• A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that the United States birth rate is the lowest it has been in 30 years.
• The FDA has approved the first drug intended to prevent migraines.

Northwestern

• Northwestern Medicine professor demonstrated that a new compound can prevent the spread of cancer cells.