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Alarming Increase in Rates of Congenital Syphilis in California

March 13, 2017 Cheryl Lang

  The Problem: Rates of congenital syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease passed on from an infected mother to her child during pregnancy, have increased drastically

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Black Death is Back: Second Plague Death Reported in Colorado

August 16, 2015July 21, 2022 Emily Cohn

The Black Death is Back?   On August 5th, Colorado reported it’s second plague death in 2015 and the state has seen four human cases

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California’s New Vaccine Law

July 13, 2015July 21, 2022 Colleen Nguyen

On Tuesday, June 30th, Governor Jerry Brown of California signed into law SB 277. The new law requires children attending daycare programs and public or

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Is Circovirus Spreading in Dogs?

October 16, 2013January 25, 2023 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

Veterinarians are urging pet owners to remain calm in the face of a new canine virus. The novel virus is a circovirus, known to infect

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Salmonella Alert in Western United States

October 14, 2013January 25, 2023 Naomi Nkinsi

With the current buzz these past few weeks about the government shutdown, some have wondered what impact mandated furloughs at the Centers for Disease Control

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Officials Find Plague in California Squirrel

July 30, 2013January 25, 2023 Naomi Nkinsi

Table Mountain campgrounds at Angeles National Forest closed on July 24 after officials found plague bacteria in a squirrel in the area, according to a

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Discovery and Implications of New Virus in Stranded Dolphin

July 18, 2013January 25, 2023 Alexandra Thomsen

A new virus has been associated with respiratory illness and resulting death in a common dolphin (Delphinus delphis), according to researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman

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Valley Fever Causes Mass Transfer of Calif. Prison Inmates

May 3, 2013January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

A federal official has ordered the transfer of more than 3,000 inmates at two San Joaquin Valley, Calif. state prisons. The order came from J.

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Syphilis Scare and Condom Controversies in Adult Film Industry

August 30, 2012January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

On August 18, the adult film industry trade group, Free Speech Coalition, announced a nationwide moratorium on film productions while the industry investigates a syphilis

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Mosquitoes with West Nile Virus in Okla., Mass., and Calif.

July 13, 2012January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Update: South Dakota just reported its first WNV case of the season. The case was detected in a blood donor who was not sick. Over the past

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