The Ebola epidemic sweeping through West Africa is causing understandable panic in local communities and international concern about the future spread of this killer virus. Yet there’s another disease which has been more deadly this year. One that nearly cost me my medical career, and which – unlike Ebola – can be easily prevented. "This …
Alumnus and Research Scientist Utibe Effiong (MPH ’14) discusses Ebola on CBS radio in light of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa. In the following clip, Effiong explains why Ebola is a global health problem… Listen To The Interview>
A Canadian man returning from Liberia recently alarmed health officials with fears that he might have the Ebola virus. Although in good health when he traveled, the man was admitted to the intensive-care unit in Saskatchewan with classic symptoms of the disease. That health scare, and others in recent weeks, were a wake-up call to …
Climate change is closely associated with adverse human health impacts(1). Amongst the raft of options to reduce current and projected impacts is massive scale environmental engineering to reduce the rate of global warming – often referred to as geoengineering. The potential health benefits of such intentional environmental manipulation should be taken seriously as increasing numbers …