2018 Global Health News Stories
- Scientists Think Alabama’s Sewage Problem Has Caused A Tropical Parasite. The State Has Done Little About Itexternal icon
VICE News
December 17, 2018 - Workshop organised by U.S Embassy to help Health Ministry on data entryexternal icon
Fiji Village
December 12, 2018 - The Reservoirexternal icon
BioGraphic
December 12, 2018 - New Mobile Phone App Helps Fight Against Mosquito-Borne Diseasesexternal icon
Fiji Sun
December 8, 2018 - Progress Made Toward Global Measles Milestonesexternal icon
HealthDay News
December 4, 2018 - Backlash in the world – measles increasesexternal icon
TT
November 30, 2018 - Around the world, reported measles cases jumped 31 percent in 2017external icon
Science News
November 30, 2018 - Myths and Facts About Vaccines for Childrenexternal icon
Consumer Reports
November 30, 2018 - Series of War Zone Attacks Puts DRC Ebola Outbreak On ‘Edge of Crisis’external icon
Huffington Post
November 14, 2018 - Why It Took Eating a Slug 8 Years to Kill an Australian Manexternal icon
VICE
November 5, 2018 - A young rugby player ate a slug on a ‘mate’s’ dare. Now he’s dead.external icon
Washington Post
November 5, 2018 - Why Are People So Angry At Ebola Responders In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo?external icon
NPR All Things Considered
October 30, 2018 - MDR-TB: A ‘global public health crisis’external icon
Infectious Disease News
October 22, 2018 - Congo’s deadly mix of regional conflict and an Ebola outbreakexternal icon
Axios
October 18, 2018 - A New Surge Of Ebola Cases Suspected In Congoexternal icon
NPR Morning Edition
October 17, 2018 - Ebola experts from CDC were pulled from outbreak zone amid security concernexternal icon
STAT News
October 14, 2018 - Experts Said A War Zone Ebola Outbreak Would Be A Nightmare. It’s Been Even Worse.external icon
Huffington Post
October 11, 2018 - Officials fear Ebola epidemic may be spinning beyond their control, threatening regional spreadexternal icon
STAT News
October 2, 2018 - Africa News Tonightexternal icon
Voice of America Africa
October 2, 2018 - Tuberculosis Became The Fifth Health Issue To Get A High-Level UN Meeting. It Didn’t Go Very Well.external icon
Huffington Post
September 27, 2018 - The Most Influential Parasite in Historyexternal icon
Mental Floss
September 25, 2018 - The time is now for global commitment to address leading infectious disease killer – tuberculosisexternal icon
The Hill
September 25, 2018 - UN Meeting Will Address World’s Most Deadly Infectious Diseaseexternal icon
VOA Learning English
September 24, 2018 - UN General Assembly Hosts High-Level Talks to Combat Tuberculosisexternal icon
Voice of America
September 15, 2018 - These lessons from rural Africa could help eradicate poverty-related tropical diseases in the U.S. Southexternal icon
Southerly Magazine
August 30, 2018 - Health Officials Worried About Containing Latest Ebola Outbreakexternal icon
Wall Street Journal
August 26, 2018 - Ebola outbreak now at 105 cases, and bordering countries are on alertexternal icon
Washington Post
August 24, 2018 - Chagas Disease Drug Now Available with FDA Approvalexternal icon
Contagion Live
August 15, 2018 - Rat lungworm infection linked to raw vegetables in continental USexternal icon
Infectious Disease News
August 4, 2018 - Rat lungworm may be more common in U.S. than people think, CDC saysexternal icon
NBC News
August 2, 2018 - Wash Your Raw Veggies, People, Because Slugs Can Make You Sick, CDC Warnsexternal icon
BuzzFeed News
August 2, 2018 - US institute pledges support in combating epidemic diseasesexternal icon
The Citizen
July 26, 2018 - Ebola infects woman’s husband, sons, a year after she recovered: studyexternal icon
Agence France Presse
July 24, 2018 - Ebola outbreak in Congo declared over, but the risk can remainexternal icon
CNN
July 24, 2018 - Ebola in survivor’s family shows deadly virus’s lasting effectsexternal icon
Washington Post
July 23, 2018 - Doctors: Woman Likely Spread Ebola a Year After Infectionexternal icon
Associated Press
July 23, 2018 - Flare-up of Ebola in Liberian family highlights virus persistenceexternal icon
CIDRAP News
July 23, 2018 - More Dangerous Outbreaks Are Happening. Why Aren’t We Worried About The Next Epidemic?external icon
Huffington Post
July 18, 2018 - The Cyclospora Parasite Outbreak: What You Need to Knowexternal icon
Consumer Reports
July 14, 2018 - Tainted McDonald’s salads sicken people in another five statesexternal icon
USA Today
July 13, 2018 - xChagas Surveillance Rare Among US States, CDC Report Findsexternal icon
Contagion Live
July 24, 2018 - The Cyclospora Parasite Outbreak: What You Need to Knowexternal icon
Consumer Reports
July 14, 2018 - In a Rare Success, Paraguay Conquers Malariaexternal icon
New York Times
July 6, 2018 - Peer-Delivered Case Management Helps Patients Begin ART in Sub-Saharan Africaexternal icon
Infectious Disease Special Edition
June 29, 2018 - Meet the menagerie of parasites that can live in human eyesexternal icon
Popular Science
June 21, 2018 - Namibia close to controlling HIV epidemicexternal icon
New Era
June 21, 2018 - War on malaria: USF researchers wage battle against global diseaseexternal icon
83 Degrees Media
June 19, 2018 - Living inside a canister: Dallas polio survivor is one of few people left in U.S. using iron lungexternal icon
Dallas Morning News
May 25, 2018 - New Ebola vaccine faces enormous obstacles in crucial test for Congo outbreakexternal icon
Washington Post
May 23, 2018 - Polio could be wiped out within a yearexternal icon
The Telegraph
May 17, 2018 - Is Malaria’s Peculiar Odor Key to Its Conquest?external icon
Scientific American
May 14, 2018 - Colombia ayuda a resolver uno de los misterios del Zikaexternal icon
El Espectador
May 14, 2018 - BUHS grad carves a career niche for her own curiosityexternal icon
Brattleboro Reformer
May 1, 2018 - Canadian researchers create tiny ‘lab on a chip’ to test for infectious diseasesexternal icon
CTV
April 29, 2018 - Portable test helps identify refugees at risk of outbreaksexternal icon
Associated Press
April 25, 2018 - The Deadliest Animal in the Worldexternal icon
New York Times
April 25, 2018 - U of T’s lab-on-a-chip delivers critical immunity data for vulnerable populationsexternal icon
University of Toronto News
April 25, 2018 - Postcards from the EISexternal icon
Rollins Magazine
April 23, 2018 - A quarter of Rohingya refugee children are malnourishedexternal icon
The Telegraph
April 13, 2018 - Cheers as HIV infections drop massively in Siaya Countyexternal icon
The Standard
April 11, 2018 - A new study details undernourishment among Rohingyaexternal icon
Voice of America Asia
April 10, 2018 - Children in the world’s largest refugee camp are severely malnourishedexternal icon
The Outline
April 10, 2018 - They Fled War At Home. Now They’re Fighting Death In Crowded Refugee Campsexternal icon
Huffington Post
April 3, 2018 - How Fast Can An Outbreak Be Detected?external icon
NPR
March 23, 2018 - South Sudan Halts Spread of Crippling Guinea Wormsexternal icon
New York Times
March 22, 2018 - They Fled War At Home. Now They’re Fighting Death In Crowded Refugee Campsexternal icon
Huffington Post
April 3, 2018 - How Fast Can An Outbreak Be Detected?external icon
NPR
March 23, 2018 - South Sudan Halts Spread of Crippling Guinea Wormsexternal icon
New York Times
March 22, 2018 - Why You Shouldn’t Eat a Slug (In Case You Need Reasons)external icon
National Geographic
March 16, 2018 - Online service aims to curb HIV and STI infectionsexternal icon
The Nation
March 16, 2018 - How killer microbes endanger lives and jobsexternal icon
Washington Times
March 7, 2018 - Where Zika Came Fromexternal icon
Huffington Post
March 6, 2018 - Yellow Fever Circles Brazil’s Huge Citiesexternal icon
New York Times
March 5, 2018
- 12 People Got Worms from Eating Raw Wild Boar at a Partyexternal icon
TIME
March 2, 2018 - Party Served Wild Boar Meat, and Guests Got This Rare Infectionexternal icon
LiveScience
March 2, 2018 - Disease detectives blame raw, wild boar meat for outbreakexternal icon
Food Safety News
March 2, 2018 - Parasite Found in California Boar Meat Can Literally Make Your Eyes Bleedexternal icon
Inverse
March 1, 2018 - First Report of Human Infected with Cattle Eyewormexternal icon
Contagion Live
February 19, 2018 - Evidence from the field: Fractional doses of yellow fever vaccine provided protection, study findsexternal icon
STATNews
February 14, 2018 - Study: Partial Dose of Yellow Fever Vaccine Provides Protectionexternal icon
Voice of America
February 14, 2018 - Woman Pulls Parasitic Cattle Eye Worm From Her Own Eyeexternal icon
Smithsonian
February 13, 2018 - Worm In Woman’s Eye Leads To Unique Discoveryexternal icon
CBC Radio
February 13, 2018 - You Don’t Want To Know What Was In Abby Beckley’s Eyeexternal icon
NPR
February 13, 2018 - 14 worms pulled from Oregon woman’s eye after she walks through cattle fieldexternal icon
USA Today
February 13, 2018 - She thought the weird sensation was a stray eyelash. It was eye worms.external icon
Washington Post
February 12, 2018 - ‘I looked at it, and it was moving’: Worm in woman’s eye leads to unique discoveryexternal icon
CNN
February 12, 2018 - 14 cattle worms found in Oregon woman’s eyeexternal icon
The Oregonian
February 12, 2018 - Weird Worm Crawling in Oregon Woman’s Eye Has Only Been Seen in Cowsexternal icon
Live Science
February 12, 2018 - A Woman From Oregon Is The First Person Ever Infected With This Gross Cattle Parasite — In Her Eyeexternal icon
BuzzFeed News
February 12, 2018 - Parasitic Worms Found in a Woman’s Eye—First Case of Its Kindexternal icon
National Geographic
February 12, 2018 - 14 worms pulled from woman’s eye after rare infectionexternal icon
Associated Press
February 12, 2018 - Centre for Global Health to partner Kano Govt on disease controlexternal icon
Sundiata Post
February 5, 2018 - High-tech tools could help in fight against dengueexternal icon
Radio New Zealand
January 29, 2018 - New app developed to help control mosquito-borne disease in the Pacificexternal icon
1 New Zealand News
January 25, 2018 - Physicians gauge readiness for next pandemicexternal icon
Infectious Disease News
January 23, 2018 - The Parasite on the Playgroundexternal icon
New York Times
January 16, 2018 - Why The World Ignores Diseases Of Povertyexternal icon
Huffington Post
January 16, 2018 - Review: Devastating West African Ebola outbreak subject of CDC showexternal icon
Atlanta Journal Constitution
January 9, 2018
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