Public Health in the News (8/11/19 – 9/7/19)

By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief

Global

• Two drugs have been shown to reduce the death rate of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, making it a curable disease.

National

• Public health officials announced the first death linked to vaping, which happened in Illinois.
• The U.S. surgeon general warned that no amount of marijuana is safe for teens, young adults, or pregnant women.
• State and federal health officials warn against vaping in response to lung illnesses across the country.

Northwestern

• Northwestern Medicine study shows that total deaths from cardiometabolic disease are increasing.