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Outbreaks of 2013

December 20, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

‘Tis the season for the obligatory “best of” lists for 2013. We thought we’d take a look back at some of this year’s notable outbreaks.

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Chikungunya Virus Reaches WHO Americas Region

December 18, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Just because summer is over doesn’t mean mosquitoes are out of the picture. On December 10, the World Health Organization reported two locally acquired cases

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With Summer Comes Mosquitoes: Australia Health Dept. Warns of Ross River Virus

December 12, 2013January 25, 2023 Lindsay Denny

On December 9, Australia’s Northern Territory health department warned residents that this season’s mosquito numbers and high tide do not bode well for risk of

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The P. Vivax Comeback — Is Malaria Beating Natural Defense?

December 9, 2013January 25, 2023 Karen Biala

Africans who were thought to be protected against malaria infection by the Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) parasite now seem to be at risk for the

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Spotlight: Meningitis

December 3, 2013January 25, 2023 Lindsay Denny

With two concurrent university-based outbreaks, meningitis is all over the health news. But what exactly is meningitis and why are we so worried about these

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Just the Vax, Please: Flu shots are for everyone – not just you.

December 2, 2013January 25, 2023 Robyn Correll Carlyle

Two out of five. When public health officials make their rounds to encourage everyone six months of age and older to get the flu vaccine

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Update on Meningitis at Princeton University

November 27, 2013January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

Since March of this year, New Jersey based Princeton University has been dealing with an onslaught of severe bacterial meningitis cases. Last week, the eighth

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Research & Policy

Possible MERS-CoV Vaccine on the Horizon

November 22, 2013January 25, 2023 Jane Huston

On November 20, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. reported positive results in preclinical trials of the first DNA synthetic vaccine against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

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Can Probiotics Defeat Intestinal Worms?

November 19, 2013January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

Last Friday a team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego presented exciting research on a potential new treatment against intestinal helminths, or

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Reports of Bovine Tuberculosis in County Durham, North East England

November 14, 2013January 25, 2023 Naomi Nkinsi

Reports of Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) in livestock from Northeast England’s County Durham have local farmers worried that infections could spread to more areas. The herd

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