April 25 is World Malaria Day. Last year, 97 countries and territories reported transmission of the disease, represented by 207 million cases, according to the World Health Organization. On the basis...
The second imported case of Middle East respiratory syndrome in the United States was confirmed today, May 13, in an Orlando, Fla., hospital. The patient is a healthcare worker from Saudi Arabia. ...
Dr. Rodrigo Guerrero, a Harvard-trained epidemiologist and mayor of Cali, Colombia, is the first winner of the Roux Prize, a new US$100,000 award for using rigorous statistical evidence in designing...
Health Alliance International has worked shoulder-to-shoulder with struggling nations for 25 years. Now it is now taking on one of the most vexing problems – uncoordinated care among nongovernmental...
As the news media has reported, West Africa is experiencing an ongoing outbreak of the Ebola Virus. The first U.S. patient recently diagnosed with Ebola infection in Texas serves as a reminder that...
In 1999, Washington state implemented regulations that largely freed doctors to prescribe opioid painkillers for common chronic conditions such as low back pain, headache and fibromyalgia.
It marked...
Roger Roffman, a UW professor emeritus of social work and former pot smoker, was a sponsor of Washington state's 2012 marijuana-legalization initiaitive.
Legalizing pot is more sensible than...
Everyone in the world should have access to 44 surgical procedures. So says “Essential Surgery,” a reference book released today by the Disease Control Priorities Network (DCP3) in the University of...
Dr. Christopher Murray is an expert on the world’s health problems, and on how people live and die. As head of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, he has led a massive research effort to...
To reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, the World Health Organization recommends we consume no more than 2000 mg of sodium a day — less than a teaspoon of salt.
At the same time, the WHO...