Teruko Ishizaka
Immunologist who co-discovered IgE and advanced allergy research. Born in Yamagata, Japan, on Sept 28, 1926, she died in Yamagata, Japan, on June 4, 2019. Read more.
LaSalle D Leffall, Jr.
Surgeon, oncologist, and medical educator. Born in Tallahassee, Florida, on May 22, 1930, he died in Washington, D.C., on May 25, 2019. Read more.
Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung
Public health physician, epidemiologist and front-line responder to the Ebola outbreak. Born in Bafia, Cameroon, on May 31, 1977, he was killed during an attack on Butembo University Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo on April 19, 2019. Read more.
HIV epidemic in children in Pakistan raises concern
More than 730 people, including almost 600 children, have been diagnosed with HIV in Ratodero, southeast Pakistan, since an outbreak of the virus was reported in late April. Read more.
WHO declines to declare Congo Ebola outbreak a public health emergency
Though the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo reached new records for daily infections last week, experts convened by the World Health Organization opted not to declare a public health emergency. Read more.
Ebola treatment centers in Congo attacked
Front-line responders to the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo warn that the persistent hostility to the response among some of the affected communities is jeopardizing efforts to end the epidemic. Read more.
Germany’s global health hub
An introduction to Germany’s new Global Health Hub, which is intended to spur collaborations between a range of sectors and to generate new approaches to tackling existing health challenges. Read more.
Bertrand Coiffier
A leader in lymphoma research. Born in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, on March 26, 1947, he died of lung cancer in Lyon, France, on Jan 2, 2019. Read more.
Amit Sengupta
Global health activist and founding member of the People’s Health Movement. Born in Kolkata, India, on July 5, 1958, he died in a swimming accident in Goa, India, on Nov 28, 2018. Read more.
Judith Lumley
Influential public health researcher who focused on perinatal epidemiology and maternity services. Born in Cardiff, UK, on Feb 15, 1941, she died from complications of Alzheimer’s disease in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, on Oct 25, 2018. Read more.