These days we can get from most remote villages anywhere to home in 36 hours. And migrating humans can certainly carry microbial "passengers". This means the increasing globalisation of our world can give infectious diseases ...
May 29, 2018
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Leilani Dominicci has all the typical worries of pregnant women plus a new one spreading across Puerto Rico: the fear she will become infected with the Zika virus and put her baby at risk.
Feb 28, 2016
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Infectious disease outbreaks that turn into epidemics or pandemics can kill millions of people and cause trillions of dollars of damage to economic activity, says a new report from the international, independent Commission ...
Jan 13, 2016
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The increasing national focus on personalized or 'precision' medicine is misguided, distracting from broader investments to reduce health inequities and address the social factors that affect population health, two leading ...
Aug 5, 2015
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Today, when there is an outbreak of disease, the first reports of it are likely to be online, through Facebook or Twitter. And as word in cyberspace goes viral, it can map closely to the spread of the actual virus in the ...
Jul 9, 2015
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Thanks in part to the Ebola crisis, neglected diseases have grabbed the world's attention. These diseases predominantly affect developing nations with limited resources to fund research, pay for treatments, and support public ...
Dec 8, 2014
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The health departments of the nation's largest cities play a central role in developing innovative population health strategies for improving public health across the United States, according to a special January issue of ...
Dec 1, 2014
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Much as human DNA can be used as evidence in criminal trials, genetic information about microorganisms can be analyzed to identify pathogens or other biological agents in the event of a suspicious disease outbreak. The tools ...
Jun 9, 2014
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More needs to be done to investigate the risks to human health that extracting shale gas poses, suggests a personal view published in BMJ today.
Apr 17, 2014
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Public health departments nationwide are already feeling the strain from budget cuts. But their case report volumes are forecasted to double when federal requirements for automated electronic laboratory reporting of notifiable ...
Mar 7, 2014
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