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Month: August 2012

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Cholera in Cuba Contained

August 31, 2012January 25, 2023 Steven Purcell

Cuba’s first cholera outbreak in over a century has ended. Cuban government declared Tuesday that the outbreak had been contained, with no new cases reported

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Heartland Virus: New Phlebovirus Found in Missouri

August 30, 2012January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

This morning, the New England Journal of Medicine published a brief report on two cases of a new virus discovered in Missouri. The virus has

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Syphilis Scare and Condom Controversies in Adult Film Industry

August 30, 2012January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

On August 18, the adult film industry trade group, Free Speech Coalition, announced a nationwide moratorium on film productions while the industry investigates a syphilis

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New Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in United States

August 29, 2012January 25, 2023 Jason Hayes

Once exclusive to Asia and Africa, a strain of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD), which affects children under five, has arrived in the United

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Legionnaires’ Disease Kills Two at Downtown Chicago Hotel

August 29, 2012January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) has confirmed eight cases of Legionnaires’ disease, including two deaths, in Chicago. The source of the outbreak is

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Legionnaires’ Disease Death Count Rises in Quebec City

August 28, 2012January 25, 2023 Robyn Correll Carlyle

Local health officials in Quebec announced Sunday that a deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak has struck more than 100 people and killed eight in Quebec City

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Anthrax Death Reported in Siberia

August 27, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

Russia declared a state of emergency after an anthrax outbreak caused its first death. The outbreak occurred in the village of Druzhba, in the Altai

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2011-2012: Year of the Bat

August 25, 2012January 25, 2023 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

The year 2011-2012 has been declared the “Year of the Bat” by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species

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Haiti At Risk: Isaac Could Bring Further Destruction And Disease

August 24, 2012January 25, 2023 Steven Purcell

Update: From Cate Oswald, Haiti Program Director at Partners in Health: "We’re ensuring that each hospital has enough cholera treatment materials on hand and that

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WNV: Mass. reports second human case; CDC says one of “largest West Nile virus outbreaks ever”

August 23, 2012January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

In a special telebriefing on West Nile virus (WNV) in the United States, Dr. Lyle Petersen, director of the Division of Vector-borne Infectious Diseases at

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