Officials Declare End to Ebola Outbreak in Uganda
After 142 confirmed cases of Ebola disease and 55 deaths, officials have declared an end to Uganda's Ebola outbreak. The ...
Tag: Public Health Emergency
Paxlovid Has Been Free So Far. Next Year, Sticker Shock Awaits.
Nearly 6 million Americans have taken Paxlovid for free, courtesy of the federal government. The Pfizer pill has helped prevent ...
Much of the CDC is Working Remotely. That Could Make Changing the Agency Difficult.
Earlier this year, top leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began a monumental task: turning the sprawling, ...
Study: Cash Incentives and Lotteries Do Little to Increase Adult Vaccinations
Cash transfers had limited outcomes for increasing vaccination efforts among adults, according to research led by Columbia University Mailman School ...
How Prepared is Uganda for the Current Ebola Outbreak?
An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus was announced by Uganda’s ministry of health on 21 September 2022. Uganda has ...
Study Shows Potential for Wastewater-Based Epidemiology to Monitor Monkeypox
Gaps in current clinical testing availability for monkeypox and the lag from infection to symptoms suggest the potential utility of ...
NIH Begins Clinical Trial of Intradermal Monkeypox Vaccine Delivery to Expand Supply
A clinical trial evaluating alternative strategies for administering the JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine to increase the number of available doses has ...
Bavarian Nordic to Supply Additional Monkeypox Vaccine to EU Member States
New contract will double the supply of monkeypox vaccines to the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) before ...
A Treaty to Break the Pandemic Cycle: Don’t Ignore Key Lessons from the Past Two Years
When developing an initial draft of a “pandemic treaty” – a task the World Health Organization Member States have assigned ...
Where is Testing Needed Most During Pandemic Surges? WVU Researchers Develop Machine Learning Prediction Tools
West Virginia University scientists are applying machine learning and geographic data to understand where places with low vaccination rates need ...
Military Action in Radioactive Chernobyl Could Be Dangerous for People and the Environment
The site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine has been surrounded for more than three decades by ...
The US National Blood Crisis: Supply at 10-year Low From Pandemic Disruptions
The blood supply in the U.S. is now at its lowest level in over a decade. Many of the nation’s ...
COVID-19 Crisis in Los Angeles: Why Activating ‘Crisis Standards of Care’ is Crucial for Overwhelmed Hospitals
In Los Angeles County, ambulance crews are being told to conserve oxygen and to not take certain trauma and cardiac ...
‘Crisis Standards of Care’ During COVID Surge Involve Excruciating Choices for Hospital Staff
As the omicron variant brings a new wave of uncertainty and fear, I can’t help reflecting back to March 2020, ...
Tom Inglesby Joins White House COVID-19 Response Team
Dr. Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, will ...
Rapid Tests Play Crucial Role in Curbing COVID-19 Infections as People Gather for Holidays
As winter begins and the holidays are in full swing, the COVID-19 pandemic has entered another worrying phase. Emergence of ...
Will Omicron Be More Contagious Than Delta?
A virus evolution expert explains what researchers know and what they don’t about the new coronavirus variant of concern. A ...
Air Force Medics Continue COVID-19 Response in Civilian U.S. Hospitals
Even with the availability of the COVID-19 vaccine to significantly reduce the chances of severe illness and hospitalizations, there are ...
Why You Can’t Find Cheap At-Home Covid Tests in the U.S.
While developing a rapid test that detects the coronavirus in someone’s saliva, Blink Science, a Florida-based startup, heard something startling: ...
Why Moderna Won’t Share Rights to the COVID-19 Vaccine with the Government That Paid for Its Development
A quiet monthslong legal fight between the U.S. National Institutes of Health and drugmaker Moderna over COVID-19 vaccine patents recently ...
