2013 Global Health News Stories
- NIH designates Emory-CDC Clinical Trials Unit, including four HIV/AIDS clinical research sitesexternal icon Emory University
December 18, 2013 - HIV Treatment Keeps A Family Together And Growing In Kenyaexternal icon NPR
December 18, 2013 - CDC’s Top 10: Five for 2013, Five for 2014external icon Huffington Post
December 18, 2013 - CDC doctor led polio eradication project in Indiaexternal icon Washington Post
December 17, 2013 - CDC Foundation Receives Three Grants Totaling $13.5 Million For Meningitis and Rotavirus Global Advancementsexternal icon CDC Foundation
December 17, 2013 - These Are The 5 Scary Health Threats The CDC Will Tackle In 2014external icon Daily Beast
December 16, 2013 - CDC looks back at 2013 health challenges, ahead to 2014 health worries CDC
December 16, 2013 - World malaria report 2013 shows major progress in fight against malaria, calls for sustained financingexternal icon World Health Organization
December 11, 2013 - HIV, TB, Malaria and other infectious diseases raise demand for new diagnostic toolsexternal icon Science Speaks (from the Center for Global Health Policy)
December 11, 2013 - CDC sees measles spike and ‘failure to vaccinate’external icon The Washington Times
December 6, 2013 - CDC: Measles Still A Threatexternal icon Fox News Radio
December 5, 2013 - U.S. Measles Cases This Year Are Triple The Annual Average: CDCexternal icon Huffington Post
December 5, 2013 - News Release – Measles Still Threatens Health Security CDC Newsroom
December 5, 2013 - News Release – President Obama Signs Reauthorization of PEPFAR CDC Newsroom
December 4, 2013 - Circumcisions to Help Prevent AIDS Are on the Riseexternal icon The New York Times
December 2, 2013 - CDC: Progress, challenges continue in fighting polio in Pakistan, Afghanistanexternal icon The Republic Monitor
November 30, 2013 - Spiritual Healers Keep Watch For Plague In Ugandaexternal icon National Public Radio
November 19, 2013 - Syrian Crisis Sounds Alarm on Potential Global Polio Outbreakexternal icon Healthline
November 11, 2013 - Treating the Village to Cure the Diseaseexternal icon New York Times
November 6, 2013 - Malaria in United States Is at a 40-Year Highexternal icon New York Times
October 31, 2013 - How to Protect Yourself from Food Poisoningexternal icon Oprah.com
October 31, 2013 - U.S. and Vietnam Conduct Research to Reduce Influenza Virus Transmission between Animals and Humansexternal icon U.S. Embassy – Vietnam
October 28, 2013 - CDC’s Associate Director: We’ve Reached `The End of Antibiotics, Period’external icon OpposingViews.com
October 28, 2013 - Expert: ‘The end of antibiotics, period’external icon United Press International
October 27, 2013 - Slaying ‘Little Dragons’: Guinea Worm Moves Toward Eradicationexternal icon National Public Radio
October 24, 2013 - First Polio Cases Since 1999 Suspected In Syriaexternal icon National Public Radio
October 21, 2013 - Rodents provide clues as to causes of human illness in African slumsexternal icon MedicalXpress
October 16, 2013 - Kenya: Malaria Vaccine Coming in Two Years, Says WHOexternal icon AllAfrica
October 9, 2013 - Polio: A killer on the runexternal icon Washington Post
October 7, 2013 - Blog: Julie’s Story: The ‘double curse’ of being disabled and HIV-positiveexternal icon ONE.org
October 7, 2013 - SEARO: Measles elimination by 2020external icon World Health Organization
September 13, 2013 - CDC Director Tom Frieden Addresses NPC Lunchexternal icon C-SPAN
September 10, 2013 - CDC Director catalogs health threats that are ‘just a plane ride away’external icon The National Press Club
September 10, 2013 - CDC warns of complacency on global health issuesexternal icon The Washington Times
September 10, 2013 - Two nasty childhood illnesses in Africa are coming under scientific scrutinyexternal icon The Economist
September 6, 2013 - US disease detection centre launchedexternal icon Bangladesh News 24
August 20, 2013 - Why the World Is Not Yet Done with Polioexternal icon National Geographic
August 14, 2013 - Lack of technology hampers CDC investigation of cyclosporaexternal icon CBS News
August 7, 2013 - FDA Revises Mefloquine Labeling; Drug Still Recommended CDC
August 2, 2013 - An Extinction to Celebrateexternal icon New Yorker
July 29, 2013 - This African Smart Card Helps Catch Disease Outbreaksexternal icon Mashable
July 23, 2013 - CDC director visits Baylor-Uganda Children’s Clinical Center of Excellenceexternal icon Baylor College of Medicine
July 23, 2013 - Iowa, Nebraska cases of intestinal illness riseexternal icon Kansas City Star
July 15, 2013 - Entomologist spent career studying mosquitoes at CDCexternal icon Atlanta Journal-Constitution
July 13, 2013 - As Mystery Illness Stalks Its Young, India Intensifies Search for a Killerexternal icon New York Times
July 13, 2013 - PEPFAR: Celebrating 10 years of saving livesexternal icon The Herald Online
July 2, 2013 - Solving a Viral Mystery: Experts Scramble to Trace the Emergence of MERSexternal icon New York Times
July 1, 2013 - Waging a losing war against mosquitoesexternal icon CBS News
June 30, 2013 - Beyond our Borders: Why the US Department of Health and Human Services Invests in Global Effortsexternal icon PATH
June 26, 2013 - ‘Saving Mothers, Giving Life’ celebrates 1 year of reducing maternal mortalityexternal icon ONE
June 18, 2013 - Ho Chi Minh City keen on US help to control epidemicsexternal icon VietnamPlus
June 18, 2013 - Blog: Despite Big Obstacles, Haiti Making Remarkable Progress Eliminating Lymphatic Filariasisexternal icon Huffington Post
June 13, 2013 - Haiti Moves A Step Closer Toward Eradicating Elephantiasisexternal icon NPR
June 13, 2013 - $4 million for hospital-acquired infections in Zimbabweexternal icon The Zimbabwean
June 13, 2013 - Official Launch of Zimbabwe’s National Infection Prevention and Control Guidelinesexternal icon U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe
June 7, 2013 - Nodding Syndrome: A Devastating Medical Mystery In Ugandaexternal icon NPR
June 2, 2013 - After Years Of War, Ugandan Children Face New Deadly Threatexternal icon NPR
June 1, 2013 - Northern Sudan Set to Eliminate River Blindnessexternal icon VOA
May 31, 2013 - Anti-smoking ads increase odds of quitting in 14 countries MMWR
May 31, 2013 - Communication central to health response in crisesexternal icon WHO
May 16, 2013 - New Global Study Pinpoints Main Causes of Childhood Diarrheal Diseases, Suggests Effective Solutionsexternal icon PRWEB
May 13, 2013 - Time to get wonky: Learn about Option B+, an anti-HIV ‘treatment for life’external icon ONE
May 10, 2013 - Rotary honors U.S. government for leadership on polio eradicationexternal icon Boston.com
May 8, 2013 - A $5.5 Billion Road Map To Banish Polio Foreverexternal icon NPR
April 26, 2013 - New $5.5 billion plan aims to rid world of polio by 2018external icon Reuters
April 25, 2013 - US Promotes Active Surveillance in Global Fight Against Malariaexternal icon Voice of America
April 24, 2013 - New Handheld Device Detects Counterfeit Anti-Malarial Drugsexternal icon Medical Daily
April 24, 2013 - Death of the Guinea worm draws nearexternal icon AJC
April 20, 2013 - As H7N9 spreads in China, experts watch and waitexternal icon The Lancet
April 20, 2013 - Guardians Against a Global Pandemicexternal icon Men’sHealth
April 8, 2013 - Plague draws attention amid concern that it might be deployed by terroristsexternal icon WP
April 8, 2013 - A promising and difficult plan to end polioexternal icon Washington Post
April 3, 2013 - New world strategy aims to eradicate polio by 2018external icon AP
April 2, 2013 - How To Get Rid Of Polio For Good? There’s A $5 Billion Planexternal icon NPR
April 2, 2013 - Tropical Diseases Infect 1 in 6 People Worldwideexternal icon ABC News
April 2, 2013 - In Honduras, Fighting HIV/AIDS Through Music And Theaterexternal icon NPR
March 29, 2013 - SARS Ten Years Later: Are We Better Prepared for Outbreaks?external icon Time
March 22, 2013 - Tuberculosis Cases In The U.S. Keep Slidingexternal icon NPR
March 21, 2013 - Images of India Beating Polio: Two Years Without a New Caseexternal icon The Atlantic
March 18, 2013 - PAHO/WHO calls for international funding of new Haiti cholera planexternal icon PAHO
February 27, 2013 - CDC Foundation aids Haiti’s recovery effortsexternal icon Atlanta Business Chronicle
February 27, 2013 - CDC Foundation’s $3.2 Million Partnership Strengthens Haiti’s Public Health Infrastructureexternal icon Yahoo! News
February 25, 2013 - Dominica Hosts First Risk Communication Workshop in the Caribbeanexternal icon Inside Dominica
February 20, 2013 - Nigeria Moves To Clean Up Lead Pollution From Gold Minesexternal icon NPR
February 6, 2013 - The Task Force for Global Health receives new funding for Neglected Tropical Diseases researchexternal icon The Task Force for Global Health
February 5, 2013 - Gates Foundation to give $28.8 million to Task Force for Global Healthexternal icon Atlanta Business Chronicle
February 4, 2013 - Bright spots in Haiti’s health care 3 years after quakeexternal icon CNN
February 1, 2013 - Egypt: Investigation Continues After Wild Poliovirus Is Detectedexternal icon AllAfrica.com
January 27, 2013 - Bangladesh to be ‘Global Disease Detection site’external icon
January 27, 2013 - Nipah virus claims 2 more livesexternal icon
January 27, 2013 - Polio Virus Spreads From Pakistan to Egyptexternal icon ScienceInsider
January 24, 2013 - New WHO plan targets the demise of sleeping sicknesspdf iconexternal icon The Lancet
January 22, 2013 - Cholera Outbreak Hit Hard in Haitiexternal icon MedPage Today
January 9, 2013 - An Interview with Ezra Barzilay – The Cholera Epidemic in Haiti, 2010-2012external icon NEJM Blog
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Content source: Global Health
