Second American With Ebola Arrives In U.S.; Americans Receive Experimental Treatment August 6, 2014 News Summary News outlets report on the U.S. arrival of the second American infected with Ebola and the experimental treatment received by the Americans with Ebola. Associated Press/Seattle Times: 2nd American aid worker with Ebola arrives in U.S. “An American aid worker infected with Ebola arrived Tuesday in Atlanta, joining a second…
Opinion Pieces Address Issues Around Ebola Vaccine Development August 6, 2014 News Summary Opinion pieces discuss challenges and issues around developing an Ebola vaccine. The Atlantic: An Ebola Vaccine Is Not the Answer Olga Khazan, staff writer for the Atlantic “… [E]ven if a vaccine [for Ebola] works, it would be a stretch to say we could confidently use it to prevent another…
USAID Program In Cuba Could Undermine Agency’s Global Health Efforts, News Outlets Say August 6, 2014 News Summary Associated Press: U.S. sent Latin youth undercover in anti-Cuba ploy “… Over at least two years, the U.S. Agency for International Development — best known for overseeing billions of dollars in U.S. humanitarian aid — sent nearly a dozen neophytes from Venezuela, Costa Rica and Peru to gin up opposition…
Drug-Resistant Malaria Found Throughout Southeast Asia August 6, 2014 News Summary NPR: Drug-Resistant Malaria Spreads Across Southeast Asia “Back in 2008, doctors in Cambodia made a worrisome discovery. They were having a hard time curing some people of malaria. … Malaria had evolved resistance to the last medicine we have against it, a drug called artemisinin. … A study published Wednesday…
U.S. ‘Working Urgently’ To Address Ebola August 6, 2014 News Summary News outlets discuss U.S. government actions aimed at helping to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The Hill: Obama: U.S. ‘working urgently’ to contain Ebola outbreak “The United States is ‘taking the necessary precautions to protect Americans’ from the spread of Ebola, President Obama pledged… ahead of his appearance…
USAID Launches Project To Tackle HIV In Vietnam August 6, 2014 News Summary Xinhua News/Global Post: USAID helps Vietnam tackle HIV infections “The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a two-year project to improve community response to HIV in Vietnam’s southern Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho City and An Giang province, local Thanh Nien (Youth) reported Tuesday…” (8/5).
Syrians In Besieged Areas Receive Food Aid, Says U.N. Agency August 6, 2014 News Summary U.N. News Centre: Tens of thousands of besieged Syrians receive food aid for first time, U.N. reports “More people in besieged and difficult-to-reach areas of Syria are getting food due to a Security Council resolution approved last month that allows delivery trucks to more easily cross borders and conflict lines,…
Rains, Insecurity Aggravate Cholera Outbreak In Cameroon August 6, 2014 News Summary IRIN: Cholera surges in Cameroon “Rains and insecurity caused by Nigerian Islamist militants are aggravating a cholera outbreak in northern Cameroon which has killed at least 75 people and infected some 1,400 others since April. Water scarcity, poor public health care, and risky hygienic practices have rekindled the disease which…
Ugandan Lawmakers, Religious Leaders Push To Revive Anti-Gay Law August 6, 2014 News Summary News outlets report on the push from Ugandan lawmakers and religious leaders to re-introduce the anti-gay law that the Ugandan Constitutional court struck down last week. Associated Press/New York Times: Ugandan Lawmakers in Campaign to Revive Gay Law “Ugandan parliamentarians are launching a campaign to revive a recently invalidated anti-gay…
U.N. Reports On Impact Of Gaza Conflict On Children August 6, 2014 News Summary New York Times: U.N. Reports Dire Impact on Children in Gaza Strip “As a 72-hour cease-fire took hold in the Gaza Strip, a United Nations official said Tuesday that Israel’s nearly month-long offensive against Hamas, the militant Islamist organization that runs Gaza, had had a ‘catastrophic and tragic impact’ on…