Public Health in the News (3/31/19 – 4/6/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global Yemen is experiencing a cholera outbreak, with 76,152 new cases in March alone. Large study of 195 countries finds that [...]
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Public Health in the News (3/24/19 – 3/30/19)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief Global The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has surpassed 1,000 cases and is now the second-deadliest outbreak in [...]
Public Health in the News (6/17/18 – 6/23/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor Global After 30 years of efforts to eradicate Guinea worm, the parasite is now infecting dogs in Chad. National Large longitudinal study [...]
Public Health in the News (5/27/18 – 6/2/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor National The American Cancer Society now recommends colorectal cancer screening starting at age 45, rather than age 50. President Trump [...]
Public Health in the News (1/7/18 – 1/13/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor Global Observational study finds an association between the use of antacids during pregnancy and an increased risk of childhood asthma. [...]
Public Health in the News – October 18, 2015
Global Several of the Nobel prizes went to people whose work has an impact on public health: the Nobel in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to scientists who found [...]
Public Health in the News – May 11, 2015
Global After 15 months, Liberia is Ebola-free! Nature interviews Seth Berkley, chief executive of the GAVI Alliance, about bringing vaccines to people around the world. [...]
Public Health in the News – April 19, 2015
Global An unknown disease, which causes death within a day, is spreading through a Nigerian town. Biomedical researchers are beginning to worry that reform of the Canadian [...]
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