2019 Global Health News Stories
- Measles Outbreak Makes 2019 a Record-Setting Yearexternal icon
Voice of America
December 31, 2019 - ‘All You Need Is One Person on a Plane’: Stifling a Lethal Measles Outbreakexternal icon
Wall Street Journal
December 22, 2019 - CDC security director visits Rotaryexternal icon
Cleburne Times-Review
December 15, 2019 - CDC sends experts to fight measles outbreaks in Pacific islands neighboring Samoaexternal icon
Washington Post
December 11, 2019 - CDC Issues Guidance for Use of Tafenoquine for Malariaexternal icon
Contagion Live
December 10, 2019 - Global measles cases surge amid stagnating vaccinationsexternal icon
NBC News
December 6, 2019 - Samoa measles epidemic: Death toll rises to 63external icon
Radio New Zealand
December 6, 2019 - CDC Reports Sharp Increase in Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Outbreaksexternal icon
Contagion Live
December 6, 2019 - Measles cases up in the U.S. and globallyexternal icon
Philadelphia Inquirer
December 6, 2019 - Dr Robert Linkins from Centres for Disease Control says globally there is inadequate vaccine coverage for measlesexternal icon
ABC News Australia
December 5, 2019 - Measles Numbers Were Bad In 2018. This Year, They’re Even Worseexternal icon
NPR
December 5, 2019 - The New Threat – Making Sense of Vaccine-Derived Polioexternal icon
Take as Directed
December 3, 2019 - In Addressing HIV, the U.S. Has a Lot to Learn From Namibiaexternal icon
TIME
November 29, 2019 - Deadly measles outbreak hits children in Samoa after anti-vaccine fearsexternal icon
Washington Post
November 27, 2019 - Bill’s billion-dollar polio pledge: Gates funds final push on eradicationexternal icon
The Telegraph
November 20, 2019 - Donors Pledge $2.6 Billion for Polio Eradicationexternal icon
Wall Street Journal
November 19, 2019 - CDC answers call for accountability in global tuberculosis responseexternal icon
The Hill
November 18, 2019 - Polio Is Making A Comebackexternal icon
NPR
November 15, 2019 - Woman Runs Through Swarm of Flies on Trail, Comes Back With Eye Wormsexternal icon
Runner’s World
November 15, 2019 - Should We Be Doing More Autopsies?external icon
MedPage Today
November 14, 2019 - Global Vaccination Coverage Remains Unchanged at 86% Since 2010external icon
Contagion Live
November 13, 2019 - A woman jogged through a swarm of flies. A month later, she pulled a parasitic worm from her eye.external icon
Washington Post
November 7, 2019 - Itchy? These Worms Are Suddenly Breeding in People’s Eyes and Scientists Are Baffledexternal icon
VICE
November 7, 2019 - A Second Woman Has Gotten Parasitic Eye Worms, and Surely We’re All Nextexternal icon
Gizmodo
November 6, 2019 - Woman Finds Parasitic Worms in Eye after California Run, Scientists Warn it could be ‘Emerging’ Disease in USexternal icon
Newsweek
November 5, 2019 - Efforts to Curb Diphtheria Have Stalledexternal icon
Infectious Disease Special Edition
October 30, 2019 - Ebola, flu — and mudslides?external icon
POLITICO Pulse Check
October 30, 2019 - Two Strains of Polio Down, One to Goexternal icon
Scientific American
October 23, 2019 - Hartsfield-Jackson hosts photo exhibit on CDCexternal icon
Atlanta Journal Constitution
October 10, 2019 - Mutant viruses are threatening the polio eradication effortexternal icon
Politico Pro
October 2, 2019 - Averting a Cholera Epidemic in the Wake of Dual Natural Disastersexternal icon
Global Waters Magazine
September 24, 2019 - ‘The switch’ was supposed to be a major step toward eradicating polio. Now it’s a quandaryexternal icon
STATNews
September 13, 2019 - Ebola preparations falter in war-weary South Sudanexternal icon
The New Humanitarian
September 9, 2019 - Reduce Your Risk of Ticks and Lyme Diseaseexternal icon
AARP
August 29, 2019 - Wild Poliovirus Cases Fall in Nigeriaexternal icon
Infectious Disease News Special Edition
August 21, 2019 - How mosquitoes killed billions – and helped win the American Revolutionexternal icon
CBS News
August 3, 2019 - War-weakened South Sudan tries to prepare for Ebolaexternal icon
Associated Press
July 20, 2019 - In Hawaii, Rat Lungworm Disease Infects People but Eludes Researchersexternal icon
New York Times
July 12, 2019 - What Is Rat Lungworm? Here’s What You Need to Know About the Disease Carried by New Guinea Flatworms in Texasexternal icon
Health
July 3, 2019 - Vaccine ignorance a ‘risk’: Auckland measles outbreak sparks warning to parentsexternal icon
Stuff
June 27, 2019 - Ebola Inevitably Reaches Uganda: ‘Everybody Was Waiting for the Outbreak to Arrive’external icon
World Politics Review
June 25, 2019 - Fighting Ebola is hard but in the Congo mistrust and fear is making it harderexternal icon
CNN
June 22, 2019 - Number of Reported Polio Cases in First Months of 2019 Up From 2018external icon
Contagion Live
June 7, 2019 - The world’s second-biggest Ebola outbreak is still raging. Here’s why.external icon
National Geographic
May 24, 2019 - As Ebola cases rise, so do worries of a cross-border epidemicexternal icon
The New Humanitarian
May 23, 2019 - How the battle against measles varies around the worldexternal icon
Science News
May 21, 2019 - Meet the champions who are moving the needle on patient and Health Care Worker Safetyexternal icon
Devex
May 20, 2019 - S. officials fear Ebola outbreak in Congo could become largest everexternal icon
Yahoo! News
May 9, 2019 - 73K people may be misclassified as HIV-positive in 11 African countriesexternal icon
Healio
May 6, 2019 - Should you be worried about blood-hungry ‘kissing bugs’?external icon
American Heart Association
May 3, 2019 - CDC: Herd immunity helps to protect the entire communityexternal icon
The Hill
May 2, 2019 - S. Measles Outbreaks Are Driven By A Global Surge In The Virusexternal icon
NPR
April 30, 2019 - Woldwide Measles Outbreaks
TV2Africa
April 18, 2019 - New CDC Guidance Recommends Artesunate as First-Line Treatment for Severe Malariaexternal icon
Pharmacy Times
March 29, 2019 - Artesunate becomes first-line treatments for severe malaria in USexternal icon
Infectious Disease News
March 28, 2019 - CDC Announces IV Artesunate as New First-Line Treatment for Severe Malariaexternal icon
Contagion Live
March 28, 2019 - Artesunate Now First-Line Treatment for Severe Malaria in USexternal icon
Medscape News
March 28, 2019 - TB cases in US hit all-time low; declines insufficient to meet goalsexternal icon
Infectious Disease News
March 22, 2019 - TB in US at all-time low, but global decline smallexternal icon
CIDRAP News
March 21, 2019 - Why public health officials have only ever eradicated one diseaseexternal icon
Popular Science
March 20, 2019 - Violence propels Ebola outbreak towards 1,000 casesexternal icon
Nature
March 8, 2019 - Wider ART Rollout Tied to Declines in HIV Mortality in Kenyaexternal icon
MedPage Today
March 8, 2019 - Polio is Nearly Wiped Out—Unless Some Lab Tech Screws It Upexternal icon
WIRED
February 26, 2019 - Venezuela’s Health Crisis Spills Over To Neighboring Countriesexternal icon
NPR
February 15, 2019 - Shigella shows high resistance to azithromycin, ciprofloxacinexternal icon
Infectious Disease News
January 16, 2019 - Shigella shows high resistance to azithromycin, ciprofloxacinexternal icon
Infectious Disease News
January 16, 2019 - If A Worm Makes You Sick, Can This Cup Of Tea Cure You?external icon
NPR
January 3, 2019
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Content source: Global Health
