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How a vaccine scare caused polio to re-emerge in the Philippines after 19 years

Joanne Lu
October 15, 2019
Nineteen years after polio was officially eradicated in the Philippines, the incurable disease has made a resurgence due to widespread fears about vaccines.On September 14, health officials in the Philippin...

Map of the Day: Measles Outbreaks Around the World

Mark Leon Goldberg
August 13, 2019
The World Health Organization released new measles surveillance data this week, and the outlook is not good. The data shows that there have been more measles cases worldwide in the first six months of 2019 than...

It is the One Year Anniversary of the Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mark Leon Goldberg
July 31, 2019
August 1 marks the first anniversary of the ongoing ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It's a grim milestone.Since first detected last year, ebola has sickened over 2,600 people and kil...

The World Health Organization Just Declared an Ebola “Emergency” in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Here’s What That Means

Mark Leon Goldberg
July 17, 2019
The ongoing ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is officially a public health emergency, according to the World Health Organization.Specifically, the WHO today designated the outbreak as ...

Major Study Finds that the Global Gag Rule Significantly Increases Abortion Rates

Joanne Lu
June 27, 2019
In a first-ever study of its kind, public health researchers have found that prohibiting U.S. aid to any organization that performs or provides counseling on abortion actually increases abortions – and not just...

The Second Worst Ebola Outbreak in World History Has Spread Internationally

Mark Leon Goldberg
June 12, 2019
The death of a child in Uganda from Ebola he contracted over the border in the Democratic Republic of the Congo marks a major turning point in this outbreak.The ongoing outbreak in the DRC is the second-wor...

Here is How Close the World’s Poorest Countries Are to Acheiving Universal Health Coverage

Joanne Lu
May 24, 2019
The world is nowhere near achieving universal health coverage by 2030, a new index by Save the Children shows. The Universal Health Coverage and Accountability Index looks at 81 countries that account for 90 p...

For the First Time Ever, a Malaria Vaccine is Being Rolled Out in Three African Countries. Can It Eliminate Malaria For Good?

Alanna Shaikh, MPH
May 1, 2019
Malaria is a major threat to human life.  Malaria has killed and debilitated humans for centuries.  Though malaria rates have reduced sharply in the last 20 years, it still sickens hundreds of millions of peopl...

How Big Data and Text Messaging Can Prevent Suicide Around the World

Mark Leon Goldberg
April 29, 2019
According to the World Health Organization 800,000 people die due to suicide every year. My guest today, Bob Filbin is helping to pioneer a way to sharply reduce that number.Bob Filbin is the Chief Data Sci...
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