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Month: July 2014

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Ebola Update: Death in Nigeria, Impact on Healthcare Workers, and Containment Measures in Liberia

July 29, 2014January 25, 2023 Alexandra Thomsen

Nations around the world have voiced concern about West Africa’s Ebola outbreak spreading via air travel, with warnings like “Ebola only a plane ride away.”

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Research & Policy

World Hepatitis Day 2014

July 28, 2014January 25, 2023 Alexandra Thomsen

Monday, July 28 marks World Hepatitis Day, a global public health campaign led by the WHO to raise awareness about the five hepatitis viruses (A,

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Featured Series

Digital Disease Detection: Can Wikipedia Monitor Diseases Globally?

July 22, 2014January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

For better or worse, the Internet has become the world’s number one source for health-related information. Think about it: how many times have you Googled

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Commentary

Polio: What Happens to a Vaccine-Preventable Disease When Vaccination Is Prevented?

July 18, 2014January 25, 2023 user

Polio is a highly infectious disease that mainly affects children under age five and leads to irreversible paralysis in about one of every 200 cases.

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Outbreak News

Ebola Update: Largest Outbreak on Record Causes 603 Deaths

July 17, 2014January 25, 2023 Alexandra Thomsen

On July 15, the WHO reported a total of 964 cases including 603 deaths in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Guinea still has the greatest

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Just the Vax, Please: Six Signs the Article You’re Reading is Bad Science

July 16, 2014January 25, 2023 Jane Huston

One reason we feel so strongly about the role of vaccines in public health is because of the massive amount of good data and quality

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Commentary

Summer: Time for Influenza Pandemics?

July 1, 2014January 25, 2023 Alexandra Thomsen

In the U.S. and the rest of the Northern Hemisphere, the flu is usually considered a wintertime illness. However, some of the most significant influenza

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