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Singapore may have flattened the curve on coronavirus: report
Singapore’s lockdown may have reduced COVID-19’s spread to one new case per carrier, according to The Strait Times
Financial Times
How Brazil's Bolsonaro has benefited from Covid-19
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is back in the limelight after contracting and recovering from Covid-19, and some analysts say he is benefiting politically. But the FT's Andres Schipani explains the risks of Mr Bolsonaro downplaying...
Healthcare Triage
How's This Coronavirus Gonna Play Out?
We're still firmly on the "Don't Panic" message with the Coronavirus outbreak. This week we're going to look at a couple of scenarios for how this thing could play out.
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KILL OR CURE - Outbreak - Curbing the Tide of Meningitis
In March 2007, as a meningitis epidemic was raging in Burkina Faso, we filmed a poignant and revealing account of the devastating impact meningitis epidemics have on individuals, families, and communities. Meningitis is a deadly...
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Taiwan’s effective response to novel coronavirus attributed to three major steps
Taiwan has drawn from lessons learned during the SARS epidemic to mount an effective and immediate response to the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak, using three major steps.
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China identifies new coronavirus strain for Wuhan outbreak
Scientists have identified a new virus as a possible cause for the mysterious pneumonia outbreak in China’s Wuhan.
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New coronavirus capable of exponential growth
The novel coronavirus epidemic doubled in size every 7.4 days during the initial outbreak from December last year to early January.
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Coronaviruses adapted to transmit across mammalian species: expert
The COVID-19 outbreak as of Feb. 25 has infected 80,000 people and resulted in about 2,700 deaths, mostly in China’s Hubei.
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KILL OR CURE - TB: Upgrading Our Defences
TB is a moving target. It’s a complex, mutating virus that is appearing in hundreds of different, drug-resistant strains. There are 16 different vaccines now undergoing trials – but how will we know which will quickly be made ineffective...
Global Health with Greg Martin
The MERS Outbreak
This Week in Global Health covers everything you wanted to know about MERS-CoV and the MERS outbreak. We do the digging and answer your questions; What is MERS? Where is the MERS outbreak happening? How is the MERS-CoV transmitted and...
The Wall Street Journal
Gone Viral? Tracking Epidemics
Outbreaks of deadly infectious diseases like Ebola, Zika and cholera are on the rise-and can go global quickly. Budgets to control them, meanwhile, are shrinking. What's the latest, best work on stopping outbreaks in their tracks?
National Film Board of Canada
The Bicycle: Fighting AIDS with Community Medicine
Pax Chingawale pedals his bicycle over 20 km a day, visiting his neighbours from house to house. His travels take him to twenty villages, in Zomba District, southern Malawi, Africa. The Bicycle chronicles Pax's journeys as he battles...
The March of Time
EXT MIT buildings
MOT 1936: EXT M.I.T. Buildings. 1892 DRAMATIZATION: Biology professor William Thomas Sedgwig in lab Typhoid Fever outbreak Sedgwick investigates narrowing it down to a farm w/ contaminated milk.
The Guardian
Gay, black and HIV positive: America's hidden epidemic
If you are a black, gay man in America, your risk of contracting HIV is one in two. Leah Green travels to Atlanta, Georgia, which has the largest gay and black community in the country. She finds out how stigma, education and structural...
Global Health with Greg Martin
HIV - an exceptional epidemic? An interview with Prof Alan Whiteside
Is the HIV / AIDS epidemic exceptional? Should the global health response be differentiated from mainstream health interventions? Dr Greg Martin interview Prof Alan Whiteside who talks about a paper that he published in Globalization and...
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Experts estimate more than 1,700 people are infected by China’s virus outbreak
The coronavirus outbreak in China’s city of Wuhan has killed three people and infected more than 200 as of Monday.
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Viral outbreak’s confirmed cases soar as China confirms human transmission
Cases of novel coronavirus infection in China have tripled over the weekend, sparking global concerns about an outbreak.
IT'S HISTORY
Who Were the Plague Doctors? I IT'S HISTORY
The Black Death - an epidemic that decimated medieval Europe. A disease that affected both beggars and kings. This event changed the face of history forever. The figures that we associate with this plague are masked doctors reminiscent...
NASA
Using Precipitation Data to Assess Risk of Cholera Outbreaks
A new modeling approach using satellite data will likely to enhance our ability to develop cholera risk maps in several regions of the globe. The model (GCRM) is based on monthly air temperature, precipitation, availability of WASH...
Catalyst University
What is Herd Immunity? Does it Relate to COVID-19?
n this video, we will discuss the basic idea of herd immunity and what it means. Then, we will discuss the basic idea of a pathogen's basic reproduction number (R0) and how to predict the number of individuals who require immunization to...
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China’s novel coronavirus claims first victim in U.S.
A new virus from the Chinese city of Wuhan has made 440 people sick, at least nine of whom have died, as of Wednesday.
Global Health with Greg Martin
The Ebola Virus Epidemic - where to from here...
Greg Martin takes a look at the factors that could lead to the Ebola Virus Epidemic spreading out of Africa and into other parts of the world like the USA and Europe. Dr Martin highlights the fact that front line medical workers might be...
Professor Dave Explains
Cholera: Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139
What is cholera exactly? Believe it or not, this disease isn't gone, it's still an issue in various parts of the world. It's caused by Vibrio cholerae, and in particular two serotypes of this bacterium. Let's get some details!
Global Health with Greg Martin
Outbreaks - investigation and control
Outbreak investigation and control are an important part of public health and global health work. Epidemic and outbreaks of infectious disease require a robust response that includes investigating the epidemiology, laboratory (or...