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Epidemics MOOC: Expanding Free Access to Education

September 24, 2014January 25, 2023 Emily Cohn

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) have been heralded as the future of learning. The New York Times dubbed 2012 as ‘The Year of the MOOC’.

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Holding Our Breath: Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

September 11, 2014January 25, 2023 Sumiko Mekaru

A man with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has refused treatment and is walking around Santa Barbara, California.  A warrant has been put out for his

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Estimating the fatality of the 2014 West African Ebola Outbreak

September 10, 2014January 25, 2023 Maia Majumder

Estimating the fatality of the 2014 West African Ebola Outbreak “Case fatality rate” – or CFR – is a term that’s been tossed around a

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VacciNerds Explain: 5 things you probably didn’t know about vaccines

September 9, 2014January 25, 2023 Robyn Correll Carlyle

You might have noticed, but we changed our name. We could tell you that we wanted to find something that suited our voice or better

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Ebola Update: DR Congo Confirms New Outbreak

August 26, 2014January 25, 2023 Sumiko Mekaru

The fight against the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa has become an increasingly uphill battle as foreign aid workers are pulled out, and a separate

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Ebola Update: DR Congo Confirms New Outbreak

August 26, 2014January 25, 2023 Sumiko Mekaru

The fight against the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa has become an increasingly uphill battle as foreign aid workers are pulled out, and a separate

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Just the Vax, Please: Is everyone skipping vaccines?

August 25, 2014January 25, 2023 Jane Huston

August is National Immunization Awareness Month. To celebrate, we are going to tackle a myth about vaccination every Monday throughout the month. View previous posts

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Ebola: To Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

August 25, 2014January 25, 2023 Sumiko Mekaru

Throughout the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa, there have been reports of voluntary and government-ordered isolation and quarantine.  The use of these terms has

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Ebola: To Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

August 25, 2014January 25, 2023 Sumiko Mekaru

Throughout the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa, there have been reports of voluntary and government-ordered isolation and quarantine.  The use of these terms has

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Just the Vax, Please: Another vaccine myth busted — this time on safety testing.

August 18, 2014January 25, 2023 Robyn Correll Carlyle

August is National Immunization Awareness Month. To celebrate, we are going to tackle a myth about vaccination every Monday throughout the month. View previous posts

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