For the First Time Ever, a Malaria Vaccine is Being Rolled Out in Three African Countries. Can It Eliminate Malaria For Good?Malaria is a major threat to human life. Malaria has killed and debilitated humans for centuries. Though malaria rates have...
Countries Around the World Just Pledged to Provide Decent Primary Health Care to All Their CitizensForty years ago, in the heart of Soviet Central Asia, the world made a groundbreaking commitment to health. The Alma Ata...
The Good, Bad and REALLY Bad News from the World Health Organization’s Latest Report on TuberculosisThe World Health Organization released its annual Global Tuberculosis report on September 18th. The report is 250 pages long, a...
Contagious Bacon? Why the UN is Warning About a New Swine Fever that Can Spread Through FoodA unique kind of swine fever is spreading rapidly though China. The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) reports a severe...
Europe is in the Midst of its Largest Measles Outbreak in Years — Ukraine is a Big Part of the Problem41,000 cases of measles have been recorded in Europe as of June. Those are the highest numbers we’ve seen in...
There is a New Ebola Outbreak — This Time it is in a War Zone. How Worried Should We Be?The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is current facing an Ebola outbreak. There were 52 confirmed and probable cases...
An Outbreak of Nipah Virus in India Can Help Explain the Future of Infectious DiseaseIndia’s Kerala state has just faced an outbreak of Nipah virus. Seventeen people have died so far. That wouldn’t seem...
Can the World Health Organization Actually Ban Deadly Trans Fats?This week, the World Health organization called for the elimination of trans fats by 2023. To make this happen, the...
Yemen is currently facing the largest documented cholera epidemic in modern times. A new report warns it could get worseFrom fall 2016 to spring 2018, more than a million suspected cases of cholera were reported in Yemen – a...
