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Virus Crossing Oceans: Chikungunya in the Americas

September 29, 2014January 25, 2023 Tobi Skotnes

While countries in Africa are battling the current Ebola outbreak, the Western Hemisphere is battling a chikungunya outbreak that has reached record numbers: 700,000 suspected cases

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Virus Crossing Oceans: Chikungunya in the Americas

September 29, 2014January 25, 2023 Tobi Skotnes

While countries in Africa are battling the current Ebola outbreak, the Western Hemisphere is battling a chikungunya outbreak that has reached record numbers: 700,000 suspected cases

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Holding Our Breath: Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

September 11, 2014January 25, 2023 Sumiko Mekaru

A man with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has refused treatment and is walking around Santa Barbara, California.  A warrant has been put out for his

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Estimating the fatality of the 2014 West African Ebola Outbreak

September 10, 2014January 25, 2023 Maia Majumder

Estimating the fatality of the 2014 West African Ebola Outbreak “Case fatality rate” – or CFR – is a term that’s been tossed around a

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Ebola Update: DR Congo Confirms New Outbreak

August 26, 2014January 25, 2023 Sumiko Mekaru

The fight against the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa has become an increasingly uphill battle as foreign aid workers are pulled out, and a separate

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Ebola Update: DR Congo Confirms New Outbreak

August 26, 2014January 25, 2023 Sumiko Mekaru

The fight against the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa has become an increasingly uphill battle as foreign aid workers are pulled out, and a separate

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Ebola: To Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

August 25, 2014January 25, 2023 Sumiko Mekaru

Throughout the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa, there have been reports of voluntary and government-ordered isolation and quarantine.  The use of these terms has

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Ebola: To Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

August 25, 2014January 25, 2023 Sumiko Mekaru

Throughout the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa, there have been reports of voluntary and government-ordered isolation and quarantine.  The use of these terms has

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Ebola 2014: A Rapid Threat Assessment

August 5, 2014January 25, 2023 Sumiko Mekaru

Since it was identified in 1976 during simultaneous outbreaks in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ebola has concerned the public due to both

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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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