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Improved data reveals higher global burden of tuberculosis

WorldHealthOrganization: Recent intensive efforts to improve collection and reporting of data on tuberculosis (TB) are shedding new light on the epidemic, revealing that there are almost half a million more cases of the disease than previously estimated.

October 23, 2014
| Filed under International, International, and Public Health
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Official WHO Ebola toll near 5,000 with true number nearer 15,000

Reuters: At least 4,877 people have died in the world’s worst recorded outbreak of Ebola, and at least 9,936 cases of the disease had been recorded as of Oct. 19, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, but the true toll may be three times as much.

October 23, 2014
| Filed under International, Middle East, and Public Health
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How the microscopic Ebola virus kills thousands

TheWashingtonPost: The fear of Ebola has spread faster in America than the virus itself. Ebola has infected the American psyche, forcing us to do risk analysis of a pathogen we know little about.

October 20, 2014
| Filed under Africa, International, North America, and Public Health
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WHO congratulates Senegal on ending Ebola transmission

WorldHealthOrganization: WHO officially declares the Ebola outbreak in Senegal over and commends the country on its diligence to end the transmission of the virus.

October 20, 2014
| Filed under Africa, International, and International
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A Liberian doctor is using HIV drugs to treat Ebola victims. The NIH is intrigued.

TheWashingtonPost- Gorbee Logan, a doctor in rural Liberia, has given at least 15 Ebola patients lamivudine, which is considered a long-term and effective drug to treat HIV patients. All but two of them survived.

October 6, 2014
| Filed under Africa, International, Countermeasures, and Public Health
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