Public Health in the News (5/28/17 – 6/3/17)
By Grace Bellinger – Blog Editor Global Fifteen children in South Sudan have died as a result of a botched measles vaccination campaign in which the team was not properly [...]
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Public Health in the News (5/14/17 – 5/20/17)
By Grace Bellinger – Blog Editor Global The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to spread. New study stresses the importance of getting the [...]
Public Health in the News (4/27/17 – 5/6/17)
By Grace Bellinger – Blog Editor Global Study on Chinese adults suggests that consuming fresh fruit may reduce the risk for diabetes and its complications. Broad [...]
Public Health in the News (4/1/17 – 4/8/17)
By Grace Bellinger – Blog Editor Global A safe and effective male contraceptive has been developed in rural India, but major drug companies are not yet expressing [...]
Public Health in the News- August 28th, 2016
Global Nigeria was set to celebrate being polio-free for two years this August. Despite efforts to eradicate this disease, two children in different parts of Borno state [...]
Public Health in the News: May 8, 2016
Global An international collaborative introduced a rapid zika paper test. International aid groups warn against US food aid shipment of peanuts: “it will deliver an [...]
Public Health in the News – April 24, 2016
Global The Pan-American Health Organization is implementing many emergency relief measures to help build up public health infrastructure in Ecuador following the recent [...]
Public Health in the News- April 17th, 2016
Global Will yellow fever gain a foothold in Asia? “… if it does it would be a public-health disaster,” says an expert on mosquito-borne diseases at Duke-NUS Medical [...]
