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The Ebola Epidemic Is Finally Slowing
The African countries hit hardest by Ebola struggled for months to eradicate the disease because th…
Reuters,Pamela Engel
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WHO is unable to see an end to the Coronavirus epidemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that it is "way too early" to predict the end of the c…
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What is the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance — key provisions up for Parliament's consideration
The Indian government is preparing to introduce over 20 bills for discussion in the monsoon session…
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The deaths of actor Michael K. Williams and comedian Fuquan Johnson show the opioid epidemic is far from over
The prevalence of fentanyl - a highly potent synthetic opioid - in street drugs is putting even cas…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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How American discrimination has hindered the way we've handled disease outbreaks
Discrimination in the US has led to federal inaction and mishandling of past epidemic diseases, inc…
Natalie Colarossi
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This Flu Season Is A Three-Headed Monster
This season is unusually severe for a couple of reasons. First, this year's strain of flu, called H…
Dina Spector
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Larry Kramer, who pushed the world to respond to the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, has died of pneumonia at 84
Galvanized by the AIDS epidemic that swept the United States in the 1980s, Kramer founded the Gay M…
Rhea Mahbubani
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An epidemic of sexual abuse in schools
Shoddy investigations, quiet resignations, and a culture of secrecy have protected predators, not s…
Matt Drange
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Here's The Math Behind The CDC's Predictions About How Bad The Ebola Epidemic Could Get
The CDC model that has been widely reported on also goes a step further, and factors in public heal…
Andy Kiersz
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Donald Trump links vaccines to autism 'epidemic'
Both candidates, however, agreed that vaccine use could be spread out over a longer period of time.…
Jacob Shamsian
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Bill Gates Warns: The World Is Not Prepared For Epidemics
But he thinks the world could do things far better. Gates wants to see tools developed that do bett…
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The Heroin Epidemic Has A Silver Lining
Heroin use has surged recently - seizures of supply increased by nearly 70% over the last few years…
Katherine L. Record, Harvard …
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Where Donald Trump stands on the opioid epidemic
Tthe 2016 Republican Party platform acknowledges the link between overprescription of drugs and the…
Harrison Jacobs
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Where Hillary Clinton stands on the opioid epidemic
Clinton has announced a number of policy proposals to eliminate the treatment gap. Her plan calls f…
Harrison Jacobs
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UN: This is the drug 'epidemic' that's gripping the US
The shifting landscape of the heroin trade makes it hard to determine exactly where it is coming fr…
Christopher Woody
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Johnson & Johnson and 3 major drug distributors to pay $590 million settlement to Native American tribes that were impacted by opioid epidemic
According to a 2020 Washington Post analysis, Native Americans are 50% more likely to die from an o…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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The $572 million fine Johnson & Johnson has to pay for its role in the opioid epidemic is only 4% of its annual profit
Judge Thad Balkman of the Cleveland County District Court in Norman, Oklahoma, sided with the state…