Case of bubonic plague detected in Mongolia: All you need to know about the Black Death
Tech2 News Staff • 5 years agoWHO has said that it doesn't consider the outbreak high-risk, but that they are monitoring the situation carefully.
Bubonic plague alert sounded in China's Bayannur after emergence of suspected case in city
• 5 years agoThe suspected bubonic plague case was reported on Saturday by a hospital in China's Bayannur. The local health authority announced that the warning period will continue until the end of 2020
Coronavirus Outbreak: COVID-19 a grim reminder for govts to improve sanitation, housing in cities to prevent pandemics; science won't be enough
Vaidehit • 5 years agoThe ability to quickly overpower disease outbreaks through the use of science, innovation and technology had led governments to neglect their role in effective prevention of such epidemics.
Rise in anti-Asian sentiment following coronavirus outbreak is hardly a new phenomenon, experts say
Undark • 5 years agoTo historians and public health researchers, the racialized responses to the emerging coronavirus are nothing new. From 14th century plague to HIV/AIDS and the recent round of Ebola, infectious disease outbreaks have often coincided with surges of prejudice and marginalization.