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Lassa Fever Spreads Through Nigeria

February 28, 2012 Anna Tomasulo

Since the beginning of 2012, the West African nation of Nigeria has been battling Lassa fever. The disease has reached 12 states and killed 40

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Scientists Find Evidence of Influenza in Bats

February 28, 2012 Anna Tomasulo

  Scientists, collecting yellow-shouldered bats from Guatemala for rabies research; discovered something completely unexpected: genetic traces of influenza A in the bats’ intestines. While the

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Fairbanks, Alaska Sees Spike in HIV Cases

February 24, 2012 Anna Tomasulo

Alaskan public health officials were shocked as they produced the reports of HIV and syphilis cases from this past year. Susan Jones, Alaska’s HIV/STD program

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Tasmanian Devils Face Extinction Due to Contagious Cancer

February 23, 2012 Katharina Schwan

Researchers have mapped the genome of the Tasmanian devil and the fatal tumorous cancer that threatens to decimate the already endangered species. Since the disease

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Dengue Virus Joins Carnival Celebrations?

February 22, 2012 David Scales

Late last week, Brazil’s health minister Alexandre Padilha warned of an impending dengue epidemic, due to the discovery of type 4 dengue virus in Rio

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West Nile Mosquito Found in UK

February 21, 2012 Gilan Megeed

A species of mosquito capable of carrying the dangerous West Nile Virus was discovered in Kent and Essex in the United Kingdom last week. This

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Nipah virus: Fatal Emerging Infectious Disease Raises Concerns

February 14, 2012 Katharina Schwan

A Nipah virus (NiV) outbreak in northern Bangladesh has caused widespread panic throughout the country, with many residents deserting their homes for fear of contacting

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Rats Infect Convicts with Hantavirus in Chilean Prison

February 10, 2012 Katharina Schwan

In the city of Concepción, Chile the inmates at El Manzano prison are under close observation after two died, and ten started displaying symptoms of

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Research & Policy Uncategorized

How Many Died from Malaria in 2010?

February 10, 2012 Jane Huston

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated global malaria deaths in 2010 to be around 655,000 but recent research suggests it may be nearly twice that

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Human vs. Microbe: Looming Resistance in Gonorrhea

February 9, 2012 Anna Tomasulo

According to The Bay Area Reporter and to preliminary data from the Department of Public Health’s STD Prevention and Control Section, cases of gonorrhea in

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