… collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in partnership with ministries of health. Importantly, the data positively demonstrate that the 90-90-90 global targets set forth by UNAIDS in 2014 are attainable, even …
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As Drug Overdose Deaths Escalate, Opioids Continue to Be the Top Killer
… in 2010. Opioid drugs continue to be linked to the highest percentage of these deaths. The report may spur public health officials and other leaders to focus more on responding to the growing addiction and drug abuse problem, Dr. Caleb Alexander, …
El Nino, warming planet may have sparked the Zika epidemic, scientists say
A female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring blood from a human host. In a world characterized by rising temperatures, deforestation and other human influences on the environment, the spread of infectious disease is a hot topic.
Is July 15 the reason for the flu epidemic?
No, I’m not talking about chemical weapons. I don’t have any theories regarding the claim that “they have spread viruses through the air.”
An Epidemic of White Death: A Canary in the Coal Mine?
According to preliminary data from an ongoing new health study, reducing access to health care or weakening the health care safety net could have severe consequences for the . This is a region that already suffers from high unemployment, deep poverty and skyrocketing drug use…and surprisingly, the white population may be uniquely vulnerable in this region.