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Month: October 2012

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Yellow Fever Outbreak in Sudan

October 31, 2012January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

The mystery fever affecting Darfur has been identified as yellow fever, according to the WHO. Yellow fever is an arbovirus (an acronym for arthropod borne

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E. Coli Cases Linked to Washington Pumpkin Patch

October 30, 2012January 25, 2023 Robyn Correll Carlyle

Health officials in the state of Washington announced Monday they are investigating several suspected cases of E. coli linked to a pumpkin patch. Three children

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Research & Policy

New HIV Test is Ten Times Cheaper, More Sensitive

October 30, 2012January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

A study published in Nature Nanotechnology on Oct. 28 reports the invention of an HIV test that is ten times cheaper and more sensitive than

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Outbreak News

Unknown Fever May Be Spreading Across Sudan

October 29, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

Radio Dabanga, a news source from central Darfur, reports that a new, unknown fever has killed 37 individuals over the past three weeks in western

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Research & Policy

TB Rates Fall, But Many Hurdles Remain

October 26, 2012January 25, 2023 Robyn Correll Carlyle

The WHO published its annual Global Tuberculosis Report 2012 last week, providing a recap of the latest data and analysis regarding the tuberculosis epidemic. The

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Sixth Marburg Death in Uganda

October 25, 2012January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

This morning, Uganda’s New Vision reported a sixth suspected death in the Marburg outbreak. The Kabale District Director of Health Services, Dr. Patrick Tusiime, has

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Research & Policy

DRC and Ugandan Muslims Banned from Mecca for Fear of Ebola and Cholera

October 22, 2012January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

The Saudi Arabian government has banned people from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from making this year’s pilgrimage to Mecca because of

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Commentary

Chinese Strawberries in October: The True Cost of Food Imports

October 19, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

The source of Germany’s largest foodborne outbreak in history, which resulted in at least 11,200 sick school children, has been identified as frozen, imported strawberries

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Marburg Virus Strikes in Kabale District, Uganda

October 19, 2012January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Just a few weeks after Uganda was declared free of Ebola, a second hemorrhagic fever strikes. On Friday, Oct. 19, the Uganda Ministry of Health

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Puerto Rico Declares Dengue Epidemic

October 18, 2012January 25, 2023 Steven Purcell

Health Secretary Lorenzo Gonzalez Feliciano announced Monday, Oct. 8 that Puerto Rico is in the grips of a dengue epidemic. At least six people have

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