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New Malaria Drug: A Step Towards Eradication?

March 29, 2013January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

Malaria prevention and eradication has long been a goal of health officials around the world. New research shows promise: a compound with the potential to

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Measles Outbreak Spreading at “Alarming Rate” in Wales

March 27, 2013January 25, 2023 Sumiko Mekaru

This week, Public Health Wales warned the measles epidemic in southwest Wales was growing at an "alarming rate" with 432 cases and 51 hospitalizations. The

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Research & Policy

Tuberculosis: A Persistent Cough

March 22, 2013January 25, 2023 Jason Hayes

The disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a strain of mycobacteria, has many names. Over the last two millennia, we’ve called it phthisis, the White Plague,

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Outbreak News

First Recorded Outbreak of Emerging Infectious Parasite at Hong Kong Rugby Tournament

March 22, 2013January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

In a letter to the editor in the March 2013 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, the Hong Kong Department of Health writes about the first

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Meningitis Outbreak Prompts Change in Vaccine Recommendations

March 22, 2013January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

In 2012, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) calculated a troubling statistic: the rate of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in

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Research & Policy

Water, Water Everywhere, Only if We Share: United Nations Celebrates World Water Day

March 21, 2013January 25, 2023 Steven Purcell

“Water, water, everywhere, and not drop to drink” is a phase adapted from Samuel Taylor’s 18th century poem ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’. Though

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Outbreak News

Thousands of Dead Pigs Dumped into Huangpu River, Shanghai

March 20, 2013January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

There seems to be no end in sight: over the past two weeks Chinese authorities have fished nearly 15,000 dead pigs out of the Huangpu

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Outbreak News

Organ Transplant Leads To Rabies Infection and Death

March 18, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Last Friday, March 15, the CDC confirmed that a rabies death in Maryland was caused by an organ transplant from an infected donor. Three other

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Research & Policy

U.S. Stockpile of Costly Smallpox Drug Deemed Unnecessary by Experts

March 15, 2013January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

The U.S. government received its first shipment of an order of 2 million doses of smallpox medication last week. The government is stockpiling the drug

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The Deadly Virus That’s Spreading Faster Than Malaria or West Nile

March 14, 2013January 25, 2023 Jason Hayes

About half of the world is at risk of a virus that Americans don’t know at all. For Americans, dengue fever is about as foreign as the metric system

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