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Approaching A Universal Flu Vaccine?

May 31, 2013January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

Every year, public health departments and health agencies engage in the grueling process of convincing people to get a flu shot. Every year people refuse:

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Are Chilly Temperatures The Cold Culprit?

May 30, 2013January 25, 2023 Steven Purcell

As it turns out, mother really does know best. For those of us who can remember being told countless times to ‘bundle up’ against the

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Sex and the Superbug: Meet Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea

May 29, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Here’s a tidbit you probably didn’t know: Gonorrhea is the second-most frequently reported “notifiable” disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). (That means

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Outbreak News

A Rotavirus Vaccine for All

May 24, 2013January 25, 2023 Jason Hayes

Last week, Bill Gates, co-founder of both Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, told the Washington Post that one of the most surprising

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Respiratory Illness Outbreaks in China, Saudi Arabia and… Alabama?

May 23, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Respiratory illness is all the rage these days. Among news of novel influenza and coronaviruses in faraway lands, you may find mystery respiratory illness reports

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Is MRSA the Godzilla of Superbugs?

May 20, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

It kills thousands of Americans every year and can't be stopped by most antibiotics. Our best defense right now is really good hand-washing. Will that

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Outbreak News

Brief Update on Novel Coronavirus

May 16, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Since our last report on the novel coronavirus, nCoV or MERS, the numbers have risen. There are now 40 cases and 20 deaths attributed to

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The Nearly Unstoppable Superbugs

May 13, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

A particularly virulent type of bacteria called CREs, which include E. coli and Salmonella, is gaining in strength. Can we develop better antibiotics to fight

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France Announces Second Novel Coronavirus, or MERS, Case

May 13, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Since Friday, May 10, a second case of novel coronavirus (now being referred to as MERS or Middle East Respiratory syndrome coronavirus) was detected in

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Outbreak News

WHO Investigates Possible Polio Case in Somalia

May 13, 2013January 25, 2023 Sumiko Mekaru

On Sunday, May 11, the World Health Organization reported the investigation of a possible wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case in Somalia's Banadir region.  A

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