Public Health in the News (5/19/19 – 5/25/19)

By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief

Global

• The Philippines is experiencing one of the world’s worst measles outbreaks, with more than 33,000 cases since January.

National

• The CDC reported that the measles outbreak in the United States has reached 880 cases.

Northwestern

• Northwestern Medicine study finds that only half of children and adolescents in the United States have cholesterol levels in the ideal range.