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2-pound DNA-reader could help fight Ebola, TB, HIV
At just 2.2 pounds, a compact, battery-powered, DNA-reading medical device will soon be aiding the fight against Ebola, TB, HIV, and other infectious diseases in emerging countries, possibly by the...
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Ebola’s “magic pill” might actually be a machine
Earlier this year, infectious disease specialist and Ebola survivor Ian Crozier made headlines when physicians found traces of the virus lurking in his eye, months after he had been declared free of...
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Dr. Nancy Snyderman on Ebola scandal: ‘People wanted me dead’
When NBC's former chief medical editor Nancy Snyderman returned from Liberia after covering the Ebola outbreak late last year, she was stunned to see what was going on in the U.S. "America was nuts"...
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How the “polio surge” in Nigeria helped stop Ebola
One of the scariest moments of last year's Ebola outbreak for Susan Desmond-Hellmann, CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was when Ebola arrived, by way of a business traveler, in Lagos. That...
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UN Uses Virtual Reality to Raise Awareness and Money
The United Nations has embraced virtual reality as a new way to raise awareness about the plights of human beings around the world. The UN has created a trio of short VR films with Vrse.works: Clouds...
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A New Approach to Fighting Viruses Shows Promising Early Results
A team including researchers from Singapore, Japan, and IBM have reported promising early tests of a new strategy for combating a broad spectrum of viruses, which they say may help overcome some...
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The World Just Got Its First-Ever Global Insurance Market for Pandemics
The global health community was roundly chastised for its tardy response to the Ebola epidemic of 2014-2015. Now, the World Bank is creating a new financial tool to ensure such delays don’t happen...
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Ebola Nurse Nina Pham Settles Lawsuit with Dallas Hospital
Nurse Nina Pham, who many have come to know as the Ebola nurse, has finally settled a lawsuit with her employer’s parent company. Pham’s lawyers and Texas Health Resources, which owns the Dallas...
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Here’s What We Could Be Doing to Stop Pandemics Like Zika and Ebola
A boiling pot of global conditions, like ubiquitous travel and the growing populations of developing cities, have led to an outbreak of pandemics like Ebola, Zika, SARs, and even the flu over the past...
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