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Global Health Security
Hope for Global Health in 2017 (
Project-Syndicate) Looking back on 2016, there may not seem to be much to celebrate. In terms of global health alone, the year appeared to be one of unrelenting tragedy. But, buried among all of the bad stories, there were some inspiring developments in global health in 2016.
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War as a Driver in Tuberculosis Evolution (
Contagions) Russia has been all over the news lately. Beyond our recent election, increased Russian activity on the world stage has public health consequences for Europe and farther afield. It has been known for a long time that post-Soviet Russia had and continues to have serious public health problems.
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Science & Technology
New Blood Test Can Predict Outcome For Ebola-Infected Patients (
GEN) Scientists at the University of Liverpool, in collaboration with Public Health England, Boston University, and other international partners, say they used blood samples taken from infected and recovering patients during the 2013-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak to identify gene products that act as strong predictors of patient outcome.
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