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What We're Reading - October 2026
 


Editor's Note:  All of us are confronted with more material than we can possibly hope to digest  each month.  However, that doesn't mean that we should miss some of the articles that appear in the public media on topics of interest to the epi community.  Moving forward, the EpiMonitor will curate a list of some of the best articles we've encountered in the past month.  See something you think others would like to read?  Please send us a link at info@epimonitor.net and we'll add it to the list.

 

Public Health Topics

 

 

 

 

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One in four doctors nearing retirement age as WHO warns of global health workforce gap (WHO)

            https://tinyurl.com/4ju3h6tt

  ♦ Is this the cure for Alzheimer's? (VOX via AppleNews)   
            https://tinyurl.com/nhrr7s37
           
  ♦ Pneumonic Plague: What the Possible Case in Russia Means for U.S. Response (MedPage Today) 
               https://tinyurl.com/ym6vfj6t
  ♦ What is the pneumonic plague? (NPR) 
               https://tinyurl.com/47re7ex7
     
  ♦ Former CDC director questions whether Russian researcher was working with 'manipulated' strain of plague before death (Daily Mail)
               https://tinyurl.com/ua8x4pv7
     
  ♦ Why this island paradise has the world's fastest-growing HIV epidemic (NPR)
               https://tinyurl.com/454hpsv4
     
  ♦ Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (NYT Gift Article)
               https://tinyurl.com/3y2j6fwj
     
  ♦ C.D.C. Ignored Request From States to Validate a New Measles Test (NYT Gift Article)
               https://tinyurl.com/ffac5bs3
     
  ♦ A counterintuitive way to build trust in measles vaccines and public health (STAT)
               https://tinyurl.com/yrhfd327
     
  ♦ A Public Health-Minded Senator Asks: What Comes After Trump and Kennedy? (NYT Gift Article)
              https://tinyurl.com/5zhnpnss
     
  ♦ Health Officials: DOGE Disruptions Upended $112 Million Epidemiology Contract (Washington Sun)
              https://tinyurl.com/35j7pdmz
     
  ♦ OpenAI Agent Hacked Public Health Care Site, Australia Says (NYT Gift Article)
               https://tinyurl.com/mse99kpd
     
  ♦ Outbreak of life-threatening liver disease sparked in connection to shellfish (Daily Mail)
               https://tinyurl.com/msfpuc7h
     
  ♦ What to know about Ebola outbreak that has spread from Congo to multiple African countries (WAPO) 
                https://tinyurl.com/37t77h9e
     
  ♦ Nigeria has 500 epidemiologists, govt should let them lead Ebola response, expert says (Premium Times) 
               https://tinyurl.com/46v2cek2
     
  ♦ What Clinicians Need to Know about Dengue in the United States (Avian Flu Diary)
               https://tinyurl.com/2xdpp89m
     
  ♦ NCI renews UNC biostatistics training grant in genomics and cancer (UNC.edu)
               https://tinyurl.com/43x84rez
     
  ♦ France reports first human case of Shamonda virus, but says there's no public health risk (France24) 
               https://tinyurl.com/3fjxwtpb
     

 

 

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