Public Health in the News – June 7, 2015
Global 64 people have been affected with the MERS virus in South Korea, and 5 people have died, as the government strengthens public health precautions. As the UK proposes to [...]
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Public Health in the News – January 11, 2015
Global Though it is the third highest killer worldwide, COPD has been scarcely understood in Africa save for this new study conducted in Uganda, which found rates at high as [...]
Public Health in the News – October 26, 2014
Global The latest Ebola updates: As you have probably heard by now, a doctor in New York is now battling a case of Ebola. They have been treating him by giving him a blood [...]
Public Health in the News – September 29, 2014
Global Nature News has a fantastic profile of Sheik Humarr Khan and other public health workers as they fought against Ebola in Sierra Leone. Science is not enough to stop [...]
Public Health in the News – September 21, 2014
Global Induced pluripotent stem cells, also known as iPS cells, are formed when researchers take adult cells and cause them to turn into stem cells. It has long been thought [...]
Public Health in the News – August 31, 2014
Global To fight the outbreak of Ebola, we need developed countries to assist with basic healthcare, public health officials are arguing. Scientists have now sequenced the [...]
“Better But Not Well”
The mentally ill remain the most widely marginalized group in society by almost every criterion. [...]
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