Tag: mortality rate

What is a Pandemic Lecture Video

Video: Pandemics – a worrying global public health threat

Pandemics – a worrying global public health threat  Pandemics are one of the greatest existential threats facing humanity today. Over the last few centuries, we’ve seen outbreaks and epidemics kill […]

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NEWS via WHO: Air pollution caused one in eight deaths

WHO: Air pollution caused one in eight deaths By Arshiya Khullar, for CNN March 25, 2014 — Updated 1417 GMT (2217 HKT) Poor women and children who spend time at home are […]

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NEWS via SBS.com: Why geography is Australia’s biggest silent killer

Why geography is Australia’s biggest silent killer Understanding how the characteristics of a particular place impact health is critically important if we are to understand how to improve health and […]

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NEWS via HeritageDaily: 17th- and 18th-century risk of disease through Migration

17th- and 18th-century risk of disease through Migration HERITAGE March 3, 2014 – No comments The fate of migrants moving to cities in 17th- and 18th-century England demonstrates how a single pathogen could […]

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