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H5N1 Resurfaces in Nigeria

February 9, 2015January 25, 2023 Colleen Nguyen

H5N1 has resurfaced in Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria. As of January 30, 2015, 11 out of 36 states across the nation have reported cases

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California Apple Plant’s Deadly Listeria Outbreak

February 5, 2015January 25, 2023 Colleen Nguyen

In the middle of December 2014, the CDC announced an outbreak of Listeria linked to commercially produced caramel apples. The outbreak resulted in 32 individuals

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Antibiotic Use and Mosquitoes’ Ability to Transmit Malaria

February 2, 2015January 25, 2023 Emily Cohn

In an article published in Nature Communications in January of 2015, a connection was revealed between the presence of antibiotics in human blood and increased

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H5N1 Arrives in the United States

January 30, 2015January 25, 2023 Colleen Nguyen

As of January 16, 2015, Avian Influenza H5N1 has officially arrived in the United States. H5N1, a flu strain known to be highly pathogenic —

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Me, Mickey, and Measles

January 27, 2015January 25, 2023 Noushin Berdjis

What is Measles? Measles is a vaccine-preventable, highly communicable (easy to spread) disease caused by the measles virus. The reason why measles is so contagious

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Me, Mickey, and Measles

January 27, 2015January 25, 2023 Noushin Berdjis

What is Measles? Measles is a vaccine-preventable, highly communicable (easy to spread) disease caused by the measles virus. The reason why measles is so contagious

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Research & Policy

NYC’s New Flu Mandate

January 23, 2015January 25, 2023 Colleen Nguyen

As the festivities at Times Square ushered in the new year, for young children in New York City, it also signified the start of a

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Research & Policy

NYC’s New Flu Mandate

January 23, 2015January 25, 2023 Colleen Nguyen

As the festivities at Times Square ushered in the new year, for young children in New York City, it also signified the start of a

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Research & Policy

New Antibiotics – Near or Far?

January 21, 2015January 25, 2023 Emily Cohn

In the grand scheme of things, antibiotics are fairly new additions to our medical repertoire. Germ theory achieved general scientific acceptance around the 1860s [1].

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Research & Policy

Hope for the New Year: A Dengue Vaccine in 2015?

January 16, 2015January 25, 2023 Colleen Nguyen

  What is Dengue? A virus transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, dengue is a flu-like illness characterized by a high fever and

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