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August 31, 2000

Study Finds Silent Epidemic of Motor Vehicle Crashes in Pakistan

A study exploring the impact of motor vehicle injuries in Pakistan has found that as many as 61 percent to 86 percent of such injuries may go uncounted in official police statistics, causing Pakistan to underestimate the problem's seriousness.

August 31, 2000

Women Who Have Delays in Pregnancy at Greater Risk for Spontaneous Abortions

Women who experience a delay of more than one year when trying to get pregnant (subfertility) have an increased risk of spontaneous abortions.

August 28, 2000

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Funds Ground-Breaking Measles Vaccine Project for Infants in Developing Countries

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded grants to the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to develop a new type of measles vaccine that would protect infants.

August 10, 2000

Ethiopian Mothers Effectively Treat Malaria at Home

The death rate of Ethiopian children under the age of five can be significantly reduced by a local program that trains mothers to teach other mothers how to recognize the symptoms of malaria in their children, and promptly treat them at home.

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Bloomberg American Health Initiative

The Bloomberg American Health Summit on Dec. 3 will spotlight ways to advance public health amid political division.

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Today

Jennifer Richards discusses the importance of Indigenous doulas after centuries of discrimination.

Read the article.

Scripps News

Amesh Adalja discusses what public health policies might look like under Donald Trump's new administration.

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In the News

Salon

November 27, 2024

Three mysterious bird flu cases worry experts that another pandemic is looming

Erin Sorrell is quoted.

Today

November 27, 2024

Will bird flu be the next pandemic and could it cause a lockdown? What experts say

Meghan Davis and Amesh Adalja are quoted.

CNN

November 27, 2024

One major challenge facing Trump’s chosen health leaders: Keeping politics separate from science

Amesh Adalja is quoted.

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