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Month: January 2013

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Dengue Bites Back

January 29, 2013January 25, 2023 Catherine Stecyk

Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that dengue is the world’s fastest-spreading tropical disease. As reported by Reuters, dengue is a threat that

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2012 Drought Fuels Deer Disease in Cattle

January 29, 2013January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

Nebraska’s cattle are facing an outbreak of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD), a viral disease that usually occurs in deer of North America. Severe epidemics periodically

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New Tool to Reduce HIV Transmission: Thinner Syringes

January 25, 2013January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

New research published in the International Journal of Drug Policy suggests that widespread use of thinner syringes could reduce HIV transmission among injection drug users

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A New Vaccine With Boutique-y Bacteria

January 25, 2013January 25, 2023 Jason Hayes

An article in this month’s issue of PNAS indicates that scientists successfully engineered a new tool that may change the way we design vaccines. Brittany

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Poliovirus Found in Cairo, Egypt

January 22, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

According to the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, wild poliovirus has been detected from two Cairo sewage samples. The strain detected is related to poliovirus

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New Tick-borne Illness found in New England States

January 17, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Yale researchers from the schools of Public Health and Medicine have discovered the presence of a new tick-borne infection in the United States. The New

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Flu Widespread in 47 States

January 16, 2013January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every state except California, Mississippi, and Hawaii, is reporting an outbreak of seasonal flu. This

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Suspected Ebola Cases in Mubende District, Uganda

January 11, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Days before Luweero district is to be declared Ebola-free, two suspected cases appear in central Uganda’s Mubende district. According to New Vision, two children, from

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Suspected Ebola Cases in Mubende District, Uganda

January 11, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Days before Luweero district is to be declared Ebola-free, two suspected cases appear in central Uganda’s Mubende district. According to New Vision, two children, from

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H1N1 Flu Kills Two in Beijing

January 9, 2013January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

Two deaths from the influenza H1N1 virus have occurred in Beijing over the past two weeks. The virus reportedly killed two women, one young migrant

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