June 21, 2019
(Nature) – That is a difficult task in the eastern DRC, where more than a dozen armed groups have killed millions of civilians over the past 25 years. The region’s residents have also endured decades of mineral exploitation, controversial interventions … Read More
June 19, 2019
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 380, no. 14, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Pharmacologic Research in Pregnant Women — Time to Get It Right” by A. C. Eke, K. E. Dooley, and J. S. … Read More
June 17, 2019
(NPR) – The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo “does not meet the criteria for a Public Health Emergency of International Concern,” the World Health Organization said Friday. The agency said that while the outbreak in the … Read More
June 17, 2019
JAMA (vol. 321, no. 3, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Medicaid Expansion Gains Momentum: Postelection Prospects and Potential Implications” by Anna L. Goldman and Benjamin D. Sommers “Ebola and War in the Democratic Republic of CongoAvoiding … Read More
June 17, 2019
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 379, no. 21, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “New Tools in the Ebola Arsenal” by I. K. Damon et al. “Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine” by S. Chang and T. H. … Read More
June 13, 2019
(Vox) – Ever since the second-largest Ebola outbreak began raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo in August, health authorities have feared that the virus might one day spill over DRC’s porous borders. That moment, unfortunately, has arrived. On Tuesday, … Read More
June 12, 2019
(BBC) – The head of a major medical research charity has called the latest outbreak of Ebola in central Africa “truly frightening”. Nearly 1,400 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dr Jeremy Farrar, the director of the … Read More
June 11, 2019
(Reuters) – Congo’s government has declared an epidemic of measles, which the latest health ministry figures show has now killed at least 1,500 people, over a hundred more than have died of Ebola. While health officials have focused on the … Read More
June 11, 2019
(BBC) – A five-year-old boy in Uganda has been diagnosed with Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed. This is the first case confirmed in the country amid a deadly outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. More than … Read More
June 6, 2019
(Reuters) – As pressure grows for a political settlement to end 18 years of war in Afghanistan, the drug trade remains a major threat, leaving the country at the risk of becoming a “narco-state”, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan … Read More
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