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Weekly Health Digest: Big Pharma, Lab-made Meat Rice, Female Soldiers in Gaza, and Quarantining for COVID-19

New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: Colorado is trying to limit drug prices, but big pharmaceutical companies are pushing back. At the same time, Korea is exploring rice coated with lab-made meat, Israel is focusing on the health of female soldiers, and the CDC updates guidelines for COVID-19 quarantine.

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From Leprosy to COVID-19: The Evolution of Quarantines (Part 3)

March 31, 2020
Deanna Altomara
News

By: Deanna Altomara Editor’s Note: This is the second in a three part series. Read the first part here and the second part here. Quarantine has a long and complicated history, but that history has been instrumental in teaching modern-day public…

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From Leprosy to COVID-19: The Evolution of Quarantines (Part 2)

March 26, 2020
Deanna Altomara
News, Read

Editor's Note: This is the second in a three part series. Read the first part here. By: Deanna Altomara During medieval times, disease control techniques were a patchwork of quarantine stations, sanitary barriers, hidden observation posts, laws restricting the movements…

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From Leprosy to COVID-19: The Evolution of Quarantines (Part 1)

March 25, 2020
Deanna Altomara
News, Read

By: Deanna Altomara The current quarantines and travel restrictions taking place across the world represent the largest quarantine in human history. People have dealt with pandemics–the global spread of a specific disease–for centuries. Infectious diseases are caused by microorganisms that…

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