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A new modelling study suggests that US Medicare “Most-Favored-Nation” policies on drug prices would cut Medicare spending on brand-name drugs, but ...

Ebola Outbreak Shows Signs of Containment in Northeastern DRC – Still Expanding Elsewhere

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The Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak is showing early signs of containment in the Ituri province in the northeastern part of the ...

EU Proposes ‘Kids Act’ Banning Social Media Under 13 Over Mental Health Risks

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DRC’s Ebola Lessons: Learned and Unlearned (Part I)

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Doctor Calls for Psychological Support for Ebola Survivors and Families

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Jeremy Farrar Joins Global Health Non-Profit PATH Following Unexpected Departure From WHO

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DRC’s Ebola Lessons: Learned and Unlearned (Part I)

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Of 229 #LGBTIQ organisations surveyed across 94 countries, 203 lost funding after US aid cuts. Nearly half of affected groups lost 50% of their budgets, forcing health and protection services to shrink.

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Surviving Ebola is only the start of recovery.

Dr Patrick Oparpio survived a severe Ebola infection in the DRC after spending four days in a coma and eight days intubated. His fiancée, who was also infected, did not survive.

He is now urging health authorities to provide

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Smoking may do more than delay conception. A new @WHO review links cigarette use to higher infertility risk in women and reproductive dysfunction in men.

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Dr. @JeremyFarrar’s move from the @WHO to PATH comes as global health institutions face financial and political strain.

His new role will focus on outbreak preparedness, primary healthcare and access to health innovation.

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