In the News: Global Health Protection and Security
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Disease Detectives: Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo external iconexternal icon Public Health England
June 20, 2019
Drone deliveries are advancing in health careexternal iconexternal icon The Economist
June 15, 2019
Is it Zika or dengue? New CDC guidance advises doctors to test patients for both.external iconexternal icon FierceHealthcare
June 14, 2019
Is it safe to travel to the Dominican Republic?external iconexternal icon The Washington Post
June 12, 2019
Health officials ramp up Ebola response after first cases reported in Ugandaexternal iconexternal icon STAT
June 12, 2019
What’s behind PEPFAR’s funding cut threats?external iconexternal icon devex
June 11, 2019
Lessons From a Pandemic, a Decade Laterexternal iconexternal icon U.S. News & World Report
June 11, 2019
Asia’s Longhorned Tick Takes Its First Documented Bite In The U.S.external iconexternal icon NPR
June 7, 2019
Snakebites And Kissing Bugs Among Surprise Items On World Health Agendaexternal iconexternal icon NPR
May 28, 2019
Health Officials Proposing ‘No-Fly’ Measures to Prevent Spread of Measlesexternal iconexternal icon Tech Times
May 27, 2019
How the malaria vaccine could change world healthexternal iconexternal icon BBC
May 23, 2019
FDA authorizes marketing of first diagnostic test for detecting Zika virus antibodiesexternal iconexternal icon PR Newswire
May 23, 2019
Immune To Drugs: Antimicrobial Resistance Could Kill 10 Million A Yearexternal iconexternal icon Forbes
May 22, 2019
CDC: Rise in US Malaria Rate May Be Linked to Increase in International Travelexternal iconexternal icon Pharmacy Times
May 22, 2019
Inspired by breath strips, scientists break away from needing a ‘cold chain’ to deliver vaccinesexternal iconexternal icon STAT
May 21, 2019
A Surprise Beginning for #WHA72external iconexternal icon Global Health Now
May 20, 2019
WHO Chief Pitches Universal Health Coverageexternal iconexternal icon Voice of America
May 20, 2019
Officials Probe Alarming HIV Outbreak in Southern Pakistanexternal iconexternal icon Voice of America
May 11, 2019
US unveils strategy to detect and respond to health security threats globallyexternal iconexternal icon Press Trust of India
May 10, 2019
Taiwan at greater risks of pandemics after WHO exclusion, says foreign ministerexternal iconexternal icon The Telegraph
May 9, 2019
When Travelers Bring Skin Infections Back as Souvenirsexternal iconexternal icon The New York Times
May 6, 2019
5 Things to Know About US Global Health Funding for FY 2020external iconexternal icon Global Health Now
May 6, 2019
CDC: Herd immunity helps to protect the entire communityexternal iconexternal icon The Hill
May 2, 2019
Cholera outbreak declared in cyclone-hit northern Mozambiqueexternal iconexternal icon Reuters
May 2, 2019
Amid superbug crisis, scientists urge innovationexternal iconexternal icon ABC News
May 1, 2019
UN: Smartphones, Digital Technology Can Improve Health Careexternal icon Voice of America (VOA)
April 17, 2019
CDC expert: ‘Revolution’ needed to address deadly fungus threatexternal icon McKnight’s Long Term Care News
April 16, 2019
Measles cases rose nearly four-fold in first quarter 2019: WHOexternal icon Reuters
April 15, 2019
Reports raise fear of imminent epidemic outbreaks in Nigeria, othersexternal icon The Guardian
April 15, 2019
The data are clear: Ebola vaccine shows ‘very impressive’ performance in outbreakexternal icon STAT
April 12, 2019
Nigeria mulls healthcare fund for Lassa fever patientsexternal icon Xinhuanet
April 8, 2019
Venezuela’s Health Crisis Is the Hemisphere’s Problemexternal icon Bloomberg
April 8, 2019
Engaging talks about disease outbreaks, drug resistance, disabilities and global health challengesexternal icon The Washington Post
April 6, 2019
A Billion People Will Be Newly Exposed to Diseases Like Dengue Fever as World Temperatures Riseexternal icon Infection Control Today
March 29, 2019
TB in US at all-time low, but global decline smallexternal icon Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP)
March 21, 2019
Gender data gaps: New report highlights challenges in sub-Saharan Africaexternal icon devex
March 8, 2019
New funding models for health urgently needed, experts warnexternal icon The Telegraph
March 5, 2019
Hundreds of physicians urge Congress to raise funding for global AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria effortsexternal icon Homeland Preparedness News
March 4, 2019
New estimates aim to define the true burden of superbug infectionsexternal icon CIDRAP
February 11, 2019
Giant Strides in World Health, but It Could Be So Much Betterexternal icon The New York Times
February 4, 2019
Anti-vax movement among top 10 global health threats for 2019, World Health Organization saysexternal icon CBS News
January 17, 2019