Public Health in the News- August 7th, 2016
Global A global public health crisis- the end of mercury pollution?? The Australian based laboratory of chemistry professor, Justin M. Chalker, may have a solution. His lab [...]
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Public Health in the News – August 23, 2015
Global An estimated 40 percent of the population of South Sudan does not have enough to eat. Reports indicate that ISIS used chemical weapons in an attack against Syria. [...]
Public Health in the News – July 26, 2015
Global Global health experts are asking for a $2 billion fund to help speed the vaccine development process. A Swedish study shows that genetically modified rice emitted less [...]
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 [...]
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 – August 10, 2014
Global The Ugandan Supreme Court declared null and void the country’s anti-homosexuality law. Though stigma continues, this decision is a win for LGBT activists and [...]
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