October 21, 2019
(Nature) – The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is finally waning, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on 18 October. The good news came as a vaccine that has helped to contain the virus’s … Read More
October 9, 2019
(ABC News) – More than 4,000 people have died in Congo this year in the world’s largest measles outbreak, the United Nations children’s agency said Wednesday. The Central African nation is also battling an Ebola outbreak that has killed about … Read More
October 3, 2019
(ABC News) – Tanzania on Thursday rejected suspicions that it might have covered up cases of the deadly Ebola virus, calling it a plot to show the country “in a bad light.” The health minister’s comments came after the World … Read More
September 24, 2019
(STAT News) – The World Health Organization’s vaccination strategy in the long-running Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is coming under fire, with Doctors Without Borders accusing the agency of rationing vaccines and calling for an independent … Read More
September 19, 2019
(Quartz) – Imagine you are about to welcome your second child into the world, and everyone is expecting you to fail. Disappointingly, this decision wasn’t always welcomed with open arms. Questions like “How are you going to cope being pregnant?” … Read More
September 18, 2019
(Nature) – It was June, and Tedros was facing pressure from all directions. The outbreak had already grown to be the second largest in history. And despite having a new Ebola vaccine and drugs to treat the disease, the death … Read More
September 18, 2019
Developing World Bioethics (vol. 18, no. 4, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Patient?Worker: A Model for Human Research Subjects and Gestational Surrogates” by Emma Ryman and Katy Fulfer The Views of Ethics Committee Members and … Read More
September 17, 2019
(New York Times) – The United States remains committed to fighting Ebola in Africa, American health officials said on Monday, but the scope of the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has become somewhat unclear. There were rumors … Read More
August 30, 2019
(Reuters) – The death toll from Democratic Republic of Congo’s year-long Ebola outbreak has climbed above 2,000, government data showed on Friday, as responders battle to overcome community mistrust and widespread security problems. The death in neighboring Uganda of a … Read More
August 28, 2019
(The Conversation) – Hurricane season is here, with the historical peak of the Atlantic season approaching. While these storms can be terrifying, when a bad one is on the way, people usually have time to prepare. One key decision is … Read More
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