Ebola Cases Growing in Sierra Leone
According to FT: The WHO estimates that as December 8 Sierra Leone had 7,798 registered cases, overtaking Liberia for the first time since the outbreak started. According to the Geneva-based WHO, the...
View ArticleNaming Diseases After One’s Enemies
This is an interesting graphic showing the initial names giving to syphilis in various jurisdictions. The WHO recently came out against naming diseases after people, foods, animals, occupations, or...
View ArticleWhich diseases are likely to elicit the highest levels of media hype?
This is from the Visual Capitalist: The death count for Ebola did eventually hit 11,310 globally, and Swine Flu resulted in 18,500 lab-confirmed deaths (and potentially many more). However, most of...
View ArticleThe world’s largest measles outbreak has killed over 4000 people in the DRC
This is astonishing news: The world’s largest measles outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this year, according to UNICEF. The agency found that 203,179...
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