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The COVID-19 Delta variant: What is it and why should we worry?

June 24, 2021January 31, 2022 user

In December 2020, the B.1.617.2 variant, also known as the COVID-19 Delta variant, was first documented in India (1). Originally referred to as the “India

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The New Avian Influenza: A Case of Zoonosis

June 4, 2021January 31, 2022 user

H10N3 in China On Tuesday, June 1, 2021, Beijing’s National Health Commission announced a confirmed case of the H10N3 avian influenza in a 41-year-old man.

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment

January 4, 2021January 31, 2022 user

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease similar to COVID-19: both respiratory illnesses are spread from person-to-person via droplet transmission [1]. Contrary to the massive influx

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

July 29, 2014 user

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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World Hepatitis Day 2014

July 28, 2014 user

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

July 18, 2014 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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Ebola Update: Largest Outbreak on Record Causes 603 Deaths

July 17, 2014 user

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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Summer: Time for Influenza Pandemics?

July 1, 2014 user

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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Wild Poliovirus Type 1 Found in Brazil Sewage Samples – What Does It Mean?

June 24, 2014 user

Environmental samples from Campinas, São Paolo have tested positive for wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), though the country has not reported any polio cases since

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Update on Chikungunya in the Americas

June 18, 2014 user

Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral illness found for the first time in the Americas in December last year, has been spreading throughout Caribbean territories and continues

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