

Why You Don’t Need to Isolate Yourself to Survive the Next PandemicSeptember 9, 2019 |
And other do’s and don’ts from a public health expert
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Why You Don’t Need to Isolate Yourself to Survive the Next PandemicSeptember 9, 2019 |
And other do’s and don’ts from a public health expert
Quick ReadThe outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been ongoing since last August. An emergency declaration “is an unambiguous global statement that the situation is dire,” Tom Inglesby, director of the Center for Health Security of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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We Must Prepare for the Next PandemicJune 18, 2019 |
Bruce Schneier argues that we’ll have to battle both the disease and the fake news
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Ebola: A Public Health Response in CrisisJune 12, 2019 |
The outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is among the most deadly in history, and despite a slowing spread, public health experts say the situation isn’t likely to get better. Why?
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The Last Flue Pandemic Was a ‘Quiet Killer’June 11, 2019 |
Ten years after swine flu, no one can predict the next one
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Large Ebola Outbreaks New Normal, Says WHOJune 7, 2019 |
The world is entering “a new phase” where big outbreaks of deadly diseases like Ebola are a “new normal”, the World Health Organization has warned
Quick ReadA two-year-old boy in rural Guinea died of Ebola in December 2014. Over the next two years, almost 30,000 people in West Africa would be infected with the Ebola virus. Why, unlike previous 17 Ebola outbreaks, did this one grow so large, so quickly? What, if anything, can be done to prevent future outbreaks?
Quick ReadAs an Ebola outbreak in a conflict-plagued region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to spread after 4 months, there’s a glimmer of hope: An experimental Ebola vaccine appears to be helping the communities it reaches
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