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RWAMPARA, Congo (AP) — More than 250 participants have been enrolled in a trial for a drug that could stop them from contracting Ebola in Congo, in what experts have described as a critical step to try to fight the deadliest outbreak of the disease in the Central African country. The drug is targeted at … Read more

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There are nine confirmed cases of Legionnaries’ disease in the South Bronx as of Sunday, according the New York City Health Department. At least one person died and three are in the hospital. “This is a bacteria that is everywhere,” Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Alister Martin said during a Legionaries’ Town … Read more

As Congress returns from its August recess, lawmakers have an opportunity to reengage on the future of U.S. global health leadership. The latest installment of the George W. Bush Institute’s The Lasting Impact of America’s Global Health Legacy shows what is at stake. Olivia Ngou, founder and Executive Director of Impact Santé Afrique, remembers growing … Read more

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — The Culinary Health Fund marked a major expansion of its health care network Thursday with the grand opening of Culinary Health Center – Tropicana, a new two-story medical facility near the Las Vegas Strip aimed at serving Las Vegas working families. Culinary Health Fund leadership joined union leaders, elected officials, health … Read more

Eskenazi Health was ranked first in the state for community benefit, a measure of the “extent of hospital investment in free care and community health,” according to the Lown Institute, a nonpartisan think tank in Boston that ranks hospital and health systems’ social responsibility using over 50 metrics. For this year’s Lown Institute Hospitals Index, … Read more

WHO and Netherlands Strategic Dialogue in The Hague, Netherlands 10 April 2024. Credit: Michel Mees Photography The WHO and the Netherlands convened in The Hague on 10 April 2024, to discuss joint priorities and alignment between the Dutch Global Health Strategy and WHO’s key strategic goals, marking a new milestone in their longstanding partnership. Rooted … Read more

WHO welcomed Mr Javier Padilla Bernáldez, Spain’s Secretary of State for Health and his delegation on 23 and 24 April 2024 to discuss joint global health priorities. Amongst others, Spain’s focus is on universal health coverage and health systems strengthening; pandemic response and emergency medical teams; organ and tissue transplantation; malaria and other tropical diseases; … Read more

Governments of the world today agreed to continue working on a proposed pandemic agreement, and to further refine the draft, ahead of the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly that starts 27 May 2024. Governments meeting at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva agreed to resume hybrid and in-person discussions over coming weeks to advance work … Read more