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 [...]
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Public Health in the News (12/10/17 – 12/16/17)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor Global Study shows that women with high glucose readings during pregnancy are at an increased risk of giving birth to babies with heart [...]
Public Health in the News (8/20/17 – 8/26/17)
By Grace Bellinger – Blog Editor Global Brazil may soon be facing another public health problem, Oropouche fever spread by insects. Longitudinal Swedish study suggests [...]
Public Health in the News – October 25, 2015
Global Japan has reported the first possible case of a cancer death resulting from cleanup of the Fukushima disaster. The plague may have affected humans as early as 3000 [...]
Public Health in the News – May 3, 2015
Global Nature explores what is happening to scientists in Tunisia, Egypt, and Syria in the wake of the Arab Spring. It is getting harder for Chinese researchers to access [...]
Public Health in the News – March 15, 2015
Global Read of the week! Vox has a collection of stories from people whose lives have been affected by Ebola, from family members of infected individuals to journalists [...]
Public Health in the News – June 1, 2014
International Italy is suing two pharmaceutical companies they claim kept doctors from prescribing an inexpensive treatment for a common cause of blindness in order to push [...]
Public Health in the News – March 30
Global India, along with the Southeast Asian region, has been declared free of polio! A guest blog post over at Scientific American talks about the fight against tuberculosis [...]
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