Ebola crosses a porous border Excerpt: This week the Ebola virus crossed from the Democratic Republic of Congo into Uganda, but there are reasons to hope it can be contained […]
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ARTICLE: Medical Geography
ARTICLE via Newsweek: Alabama has the Worst Poverty in the Developed World, U.N. Official Says
Human Imprint: This short article could be presented at the beginning of the year to have kids conduct a Why of Where investigation into the reason for Alabama’s poverty, and it’s […]
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NEWS via SBS.com: Why geography is Australia’s biggest silent killer
Why geography is Australia’s biggest silent killer Understanding how the characteristics of a particular place impact health is critically important if we are to understand how to improve health and […]
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NEWS via Newsweek: The Geography of Autism
The Geography of Autism By Rob Verger Filed: 3/14/14 at 2:56 PM | Updated: 3/14/14 at 4:09 PM A new study hints at why autism clusters, but experts caution seeking an easy solutionEnrique De La […]
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NEWS via TurkishPress: World’s population at risk from organism-borne diseases
World’s population at risk from organism-borne diseases Tuesday, March 11, 2014 GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) has released information stating that more than half of the world`s population […]
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NEWS via HeritageDaily: 17th- and 18th-century risk of disease through Migration
17th- and 18th-century risk of disease through Migration HERITAGE March 3, 2014 – No comments The fate of migrants moving to cities in 17th- and 18th-century England demonstrates how a single pathogen could […]
Read MoreNEWS: UN: 6.6 Million Children Under 5 Died Last Year – ABC News
UN: 6.6 Million Children Under 5 Died Last Year LAGOS, Nigeria September 13, 2013 (AP) By CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press Childhood death rates around the world have halved since 1990 […]
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NEWS: Doctors selling their practices – Jul. 16, 2013
A growing trend in the United States is to see less doctors practicing. We are seemingly suffering a brain drain of doctors who want to have their own private practice, […]
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NEWS Cash-only Doctors Abandon the Insurance System – Jun. 11, 2013
via Cash-only doctors abandon the insurance system – Jun. 11, 2013 In a country that sees skyrocketing insurance premiums for both doctors and patients, it was a matter of time until […]
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