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Los Angeles to Give Free Meningitis Vaccines

April 19, 2013January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

Officials in Los Angeles County have started offering the meningitis vaccine for free to low-income and uninsured people in response to recent cases of the

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Polio To Be Eradicated By 2018?

April 12, 2013January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

The new Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan, released on April 11, 2013 and developed by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, has committed signatories to

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Steady Increase in China’s H7N9 Cases: Media Reports 38 Cases, 10 Deaths

April 11, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

At the time of this posting, the official WHO count remains at 33 cases and 9 deaths, but Chinese media reports 38 H7N9 cases and 10

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Coronavirus Steals Media Spotlight with Promising New Research

April 10, 2013January 25, 2023 David Scales

Amidst all the articles on H7N9 in China, the novel coronavirus (nCoV) is making headlines again. While the number of cases continues to trickle upward,

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New Research on HIV Antibodies: Is a Vaccine in Sight?

April 9, 2013January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

Researchers are taking a new approach to combat HIV; rather than focus on the virus, scientists are now looking at patients for an answer. Specifically,

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The New Virus on the Block: H7N9 Case Counts, Explanations and Updates

April 5, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

The much-awaited springtime seems to have an unfortunate knack for bringing us scary diseases. Almost exactly ten years ago, surgical masks were à la mode,

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H7N9 Update: Fourteen Cases and Four Deaths

April 4, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

According to reports from Weibo, AFP, and Xinhua, the case count has increased again. Total case count is 14, with four deaths. Chinese media giant

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The Power of Social Media: Updates on H7N9 Outbreak From Weibo

April 3, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Yesterday, a “gutsy” employee at Nanjing Gulou Hospital posted a picture, confirming a case of H7N9, to Weibo, a Chinese microblogging network similar to Twitter

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Should It Really Take $100K to Create a Condom Men Will Actually Use?

April 3, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

People generally like sex. A lot. With so many fans out there, and many of those folks needing to use contraception and stay safe from infections, the latest

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Ebola: Still the Scariest Virus Out There?

April 3, 2013January 25, 2023 Steven Purcell

Simply uttering the word Ebola is enough to cause a person to cringe, shudder, twitch, or perhaps even recoil in horror. Rightly so. Ebola hemorrhagic fever (Ebola HF),

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