PODCAST: Why the Latest Ebola Outbreak in the DRC is So Dangerous Mark Leon Goldberg October 18, 2018An ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sickened over 200 people and resulted in over 130 deaths as of October 18. It could get worse.What makes this current outbreak so potent...
A New UN Report Finds that a Child Under the Age of 15 Dies Every 5 Seconds Joanne Lu September 21, 2018Globally, children have a greater chance of survival than ever before. Yet because of growing inequality, in 2017, a child under the age of 15 died every five seconds, a new UN report says, and most of those de...
The Good, Bad and REALLY Bad News from the World Health Organization’s Latest Report on Tuberculosis Alanna Shaikh, MPH September 19, 2018The World Health Organization released its annual Global Tuberculosis report on September 18th. The report is 250 pages long, a massive conglomeration of everything we know about the current state of the Tuberc...
Contagious Bacon? Why the UN is Warning About a New Swine Fever that Can Spread Through Food Alanna Shaikh, MPH September 4, 2018A unique kind of swine fever is spreading rapidly though China. The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) reports a severe outbreak of a disease called African Swine Fever, or ASF, that may cross Chinese...
Europe is in the Midst of its Largest Measles Outbreak in Years — Ukraine is a Big Part of the Problem Alanna Shaikh, MPH August 24, 201841,000 cases of measles have been recorded in Europe as of June. Those are the highest numbers we’ve seen in years. Measles is one of the most contagious diseases in existence, traveling person to person throu...
PODCAST: How Dr. Vanessa Kerry Helps Strengthen Health Systems Around the World Mark Leon Goldberg August 16, 2018Dr. Vanessa Kerry is the Co-founder and CEO of Seed Global Health. This is an international NGO that works in five sub-Saharan countries to bolster the education of medical professionals.This is a vital...
There is a New Ebola Outbreak — This Time it is in a War Zone. How Worried Should We Be? Alanna Shaikh, MPH August 14, 2018The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is current facing an Ebola outbreak. There were 52 confirmed and probable cases as of August 11th, and 39 people have died. The problem is not that Ebola is back. We ...
PODCAST: What We Know About Air Pollution Around the World Mark Leon Goldberg July 2, 2018Air pollution is a major killer around the globe and one that disproportionately affects low and middle income countries. The World Health Organization estimates that around 7 million people die every year ...
An Outbreak of Nipah Virus in India Can Help Explain the Future of Infectious Disease Alanna Shaikh, MPH June 15, 2018India’s Kerala state has just faced an outbreak of Nipah virus. Seventeen people have died so far. That wouldn’t seem so serious, but only eighteen people were infected. To make matters worse, there is no know...
