An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Amid unrelenting chaos and violence, scientists and doctors in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been running a clinical trial of new drugs to try to combat a year-long Ebola outbreak. On Monday, the trial’s cosponsors at the World Health Organization and the National Institutes of Health announced that two of the experimental…
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Imperial Research Teaching Fellow Helps Create “Alarm System” For Dengue Outbreaks
Dengue is the fastest-spreading mosquito-borne viral illness in the world, and has become a leading cause of morbidity in many tropical and subtropical regions – including outbreaks in recent years in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and other Latin American countries. The direct impact of these outbreaks is exacerbated by the stress they place […]
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Expanding Healthcare Access Shrinks Inequality in Brazil, Imperial Research Shows
The United Nations has declared reducing inequality as one of its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) both within and among countries. This includes a target for countries to adopt social protection policies that “progressively achieve greater equality.” Healthcare is a core concern of those social protection policies, and a recent study shows that expanding access to […]
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Measles: Symptoms, Treatment and Vaccination
Measles is making a comeback. Here’s what you should know about one of the most contagious infectious diseases in the world. Source: https://www.livescience.com/49688-measles-symptoms-treatment.html
How Karen is Updating Her Medical Knowledge on Coursera
Karen is a registered nurse working at a school in Wisconsin. She took courses on Coursera to update her medical knowledge and provide the best possible care for her students. “Courses on Coursera helped me realize the breadth of knowledge that’s available and helped me rediscover the love of learning.” 2012 B.C. (Before Coursera) I […]
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6 in 10 Infectious Diseases Come from Animals. The CDC Is Most Worried About These 8.
Zoonotic flu, the plague and rabies makes the list. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65417-top-concerning-zoonotic-diseases.html
Will The Future Of America’s Biodefense Stockpile Include DNA-Based Vaccines?
Dan Drollette calls our attention to America’s Strategic National Stockpile for Biodefense, “a little-publicized $7 billion federal agency…key to defending the country from a biological attack.” “Its operators have to prepare for the unthinkable, such as what to do if 100,000 cases of some new disease with pandemic potential appears — what global health officials have sometimes dubbed ‘Disease X.'” From…
8 things everybody should know about measles
In an unvaccinated population, one person with measles can infect 12 to 18 others. The measles virus is one of the most infectious diseases known to man. A person with measles can cough in a room and leave, and hours later, if you’re unvaccinated, you could catch the virus from the droplets in the air the… Continue reading 8 things everybody should know about measles