/tags/epidemic epidemic en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Thu, 22 Dec 2022 15:30:00 GMT /health/2022-12-22/miami-dade-and-others-cities-sue-company-involved-in-opioid-epidemic Miami-Dade County and other cities have filed lawsuits against the global consulting firm McKinsey & Company over its past work in helping market opioids. Thu, 22 Dec 2022 15:30:00 GMT /health/2022-12-22/miami-dade-and-others-cities-sue-company-involved-in-opioid-epidemic Jim Saunders /2022-02-21/global-health-champion-dr-paul-farmer-has-died Known for his efforts to improve global health and as the founder of the nonprofit health organization Partners in Health, Farmer died in Rwanda at age 62. Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:22:54 GMT /2022-02-21/global-health-champion-dr-paul-farmer-has-died Malaka Gharib, Nurith Aizenman /2020-05-15/what-the-1918-flu-can-teach-us-about-handling-todays-pandemic Public health has come a long way since the deadly flu, but we find ourselves in an oddly similar moment, using many of the same measures employed in 1918, a medical historian says. Fri, 15 May 2020 09:00:30 GMT /2020-05-15/what-the-1918-flu-can-teach-us-about-handling-todays-pandemic Emily Kwong, Pranav Baskar /2020-03-17/pence-warns-coronavirus-disruptions-could-last-well-into-july In an interview with NPR, the vice president defended the administration's response to the coronavirus but acknowledged that the government expects to be dealing with the crisis "for months." Wed, 18 Mar 2020 01:30:00 GMT /2020-03-17/pence-warns-coronavirus-disruptions-could-last-well-into-july Jason Breslow /2020-01-29/the-thinking-behind-chinas-quarantines-and-illegal-village-blockades To contain the Wuhan coronavirus, the government is taking official actions. And some villages are taking matters into their own hands. Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:05:33 GMT /2020-01-29/the-thinking-behind-chinas-quarantines-and-illegal-village-blockades Emily Feng, Amy Cheng, Allison Aubrey /2020-01-26/coronavirus-case-confirmed-in-arizona-bringing-u-s-total-to-5 The CDC expects the number of confirmed cases of Wuhan coronavirus in the U.S. to increase — but says the overall health risk of disease transmission in the country is low. Sun, 26 Jan 2020 22:44:09 GMT /2020-01-26/coronavirus-case-confirmed-in-arizona-bringing-u-s-total-to-5 Carrie Feibel /2020-01-23/china-halts-transportation-out-of-wuhan-to-contain-coronavirus-could-it-backfire Experts say China's move is unprecedented. Here's why they're opposed. Fri, 24 Jan 2020 01:22:32 GMT /2020-01-23/china-halts-transportation-out-of-wuhan-to-contain-coronavirus-could-it-backfire Nurith Aizenman /2020-01-23/chinese-authorities-begin-quarantine-of-wuhan-city-as-coronavirus-cases-multiply Transportation in and out of the city of 11 million is being shut down as cases of the coronavirus are being reported throughout China and abroad. Wuhan is believed to be the contagion's epicenter. Thu, 23 Jan 2020 08:35:00 GMT /2020-01-23/chinese-authorities-begin-quarantine-of-wuhan-city-as-coronavirus-cases-multiply Emily Feng, Amy Cheng, Merrit Kennedy /2020-01-22/newly-identified-coronavirus-has-killed-17-people-chinese-health-officials-say The virus, known as 2019-nCoV, was discovered last month in the central city of Wuhan. It has since spread to other parts of China, and isolated cases are reported in Japan, the U.S. and elsewhere. Wed, 22 Jan 2020 09:15:00 GMT /2020-01-22/newly-identified-coronavirus-has-killed-17-people-chinese-health-officials-say Scott Neuman, Amy Cheng, Emily Feng, Bill Chappell /2019-06-24/they-thought-this-hiv-strategy-couldnt-work-but-it-did An unprecedented five-year study aimed to find out whether the treatments to stop the spread of HIV in the West would work in sub-Saharan Africa. Mon, 24 Jun 2019 14:54:00 GMT /2019-06-24/they-thought-this-hiv-strategy-couldnt-work-but-it-did Joanne Silberner