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Beating Chagas Disease
New ReviewDespite its amorous nickname, the vinchuca, or “kissing bug,” actually gives its sleeping victims a malevolent bite—sucking blood and transmitting a microscopic parasite called Tripanisoma cruzi. The microbe, in turn, produces Chagas...
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New TB Treatments
New ReviewThis year alone, eight million people will become infected with tuberculosis. Like the common cold, TB spreads through the air when sufferers cough, sneeze, spit, or just talk. One needs only to inhale a few germs to catch it. This...
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Eradicating Polio
New ReviewWhen polio vaccines were first developed, many experts thought the disease would be fully eradicated within decades. Tragically, as this film shows, it has survived in places like Afghanistan and northern Nigeria. These locations are now...
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Low Cost Solution to Malaria
New ReviewIt is estimated that every 30 seconds a child dies from malaria. Medicines continue to be the main tool in fighting it—but, with growing resistance to existing drugs, there is an urgent need to discover new ones and distribute them at...
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Eliminating Lymphatic-Filariasis
New ReviewLymphatic filariasis, a mosquito-borne parasitic disease commonly known as elephantiasis, results in massive swelling of the limbs and genitals, leading to severe disability. Over 40 million people are seriously incapacitated and...
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Treating Kala Azar
New ReviewKala-azar, the common name for visceral leishmaniasis, is characterized by irregular bouts of fever, substantial weight loss, swelling of the spleen and liver, and anemia. If left untreated it is almost certainly fatal. This program was...
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Preventing Hepatitis B
New ReviewThis program travels to Cambodia, where 1 in 10 people carry hepatitis B, a major cause of liver cancer. Mothers often transmit the virus to their babies during childbirth, and children can pass the infection to each other through even...
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A Vaccine for Diarrhea
New ReviewVirtually every child in the world, rich or poor, is infected early in life by a vicious bug called rotavirus. The lucky ones show no symptoms—they simply become immune. Others develop severe diarrhea. Given the best medicine, the...
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Fighting Bilharzia
New ReviewSwimming, bathing, washing clothes, and fishing—these are everyday activities that put people in the developing world at risk of catching bilharzia (or schistosomiasis), if the water is infected with eggs of the schistosome worm. Left...
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Designing Healthy Communities - The Syracuse Solution
New ReviewThe future generation is in danger. They are being harmed by our factories, our freeways, our food deserts, and our poorly built environment. Watch how Syracuse, NY strives to make a difference. Dr. Jackson discusses with medical...
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Designing Healthy Communities - Dr. Jackson on the effects of Diesel
New ReviewDr. Jackson discusses the effects of diesel particles that can pass through filters and enter the lungs. The impact is especially severe on young children.
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Designing Healthy Communities - Dr. Jackson on the Built Environment
New ReviewDr. Jackson discusses the built environment and its impact of public health. He stresses the need for green space, adequate and clean public transit, and access to nutritious and affordable fresh food.
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Designing Healthy Communities - Dr. Jackson and Zoning Laws
New ReviewDr. Jackson discusses the need to revise zoning laws to allow for mixed use development, transit oriented development and being able to build schools closer to the community.
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Designing Healthy Communities - Boulder Biking
New ReviewBoulder's investment in off street bike paths is a model for the rest of the country.
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Going To Green Unit #6 - Air Quality
Explores the social, economic, and scientific ramifications of our air quality goals and practices.
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The politics behind Canada's revamped food guide
A new Canada Food Guide is expected in 2019, but why has it taken two years to bring in the update? It may have something to do with the 6,000 groups and individuals consulted. It's supposed to be a public health document based on the...
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Can the EU stay united?
The European Union is accused of failing to properly deal with the coronavirus, even as two of its members are among the hardest-hit worldwide
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Who's to blame, Trump or the WHO?
Donald Trump has taken aim at the World Health Organization, saying it's failed to halt the spread of coronavirus.
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Can extending India's lockdown stop coronavirus? | The Stream
On The Stream: Is India doing enough to stop coronavirus?
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Is inefficient coronavirus testing delaying US economic recovery? | The Bottom Line
Nobel Laureate Paul Romer says without better coronavirus testing, US will continue to lose lives and economic output.
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How to Obtain a Medical Marijuana Card
Howcast - Learn how to obtain a medical marijuana card in this Howcast video.
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Growing COVID-19 outbreak linked to ceremony at St. Francis Xavier University
A COVID-19 outbreak in Nova Scotia linked to St. Francis Xavier University's annual ring ceremony has grown to roughly 60 people, including some in Ontario and P.E.I.
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Canada to drop 3rd-country testing rule for travellers from South Africa
Canada will start recognizing molecular COVID-19 tests conducted at an accredited lab in South Africa for residents returning home, dropping a heavily criticized travel restriction.
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Patient with omicron coronavirus variant dies in the U.K.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed the first U.K. death of a patient with the omicron variant of the coronavirus, and said every adult would be offered a third vaccine dose by Dec. 31.