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IDPH says measles outbreak is over
Daily Herald· 3 days agoThe Illinois Department of Public Health says a measles outbreak has ended because no new cases have been reported in the last six weeks. Six weeks is twice the incubation ...
Congo: Paranoia Propels Plague Proliferation
Strategy Page· 7 hours agoJuly 2, 2019: In eastern Congo (Ituri and North Kivu provinces) attacks on health care facilities and health care workers by rebels, bandits and suspicious local militias have severely hampered ...
UN official highlights how better preparation has shrunk disaster deaths despite worsening climate
Associated Press· 6 days agoAs climate change makes disasters such as cyclones, floods and droughts more intense, more frequent and striking more places, fewer people are dying from those catastrophes globally because ...
Sierra Leone gets first doses of a malaria vaccine – but with major challenges ahead
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIt has been a little over a month since World Malaria Day, when Sierra Leone’s President, Julius...
Eight public health champions celebrated at the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly
World Health Organization· 5 days agoAt an award ceremony taking place during a Plenary of the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly in...