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Media

Man Dies of ‘Brain-Eating’ Amoeba After Swimming in Lake | The New York Times

Link to Article

Image: CDC/ Alexander J. da Silva, PhD; Melanie Moser

Academic

"Resistant malaria spreading in South East Asia" | BBC

Link to Summary Article - BBC

Link to Peer Review Article - The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Image: CDC/ James Gathany

July 28 is World Hepatitis Day

There are over 290 million people living with viral hepatitis and are unaware of it and it causes 1.34 million deaths annually. Join healthcare works, policy makers, and social advocates to learn about the illness.

Link to World Hepatitis Day organization

Link to hepatitis resources from New England Aids Education and Training Center

 

Academic

Whooping Cough in a Young Infant | The New England Journal of Medicine

"An 8-week-old girl was admitted to the hospital with 2 weeks of worsening cough associated with a whooping sound (shown in a video), along with episodes of apnea. Bordetella pertussis infection was diagnosed." Debra Hillier, M.D. Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 

Link to Journal Article and Video

Image: CDC/ Sarah Bailey Cutchin, Illustrator: Meredith Newlove

Media

"Life amid an Ebola outbreak: Combating mistrust—and saving lives" | National Geographic

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Image: UN Photo/Martine Perret, Conakry, Guinea, 17 January 2015, Photo# 619795

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