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What is Tetanus?

August 13, 2019January 25, 2023 Emily Cohn

By Joan Connelly and Emily Cohn Image courtesy of Blake Patterson on Flickr, CC Tetanus is a non-communicable disease caused by exposure to the toxin-producing

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Update from Venezuela: First Polio Outbreak in Nearly 30 Years

June 14, 2018 Emily Wolfson

  One confirmed case and three suspected cases of polio have been reported in Venezuela, the first cases to emerge since polio was eradicated from

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New Vaccine Piloted During DRC Ebola Outbreak

May 29, 2018 Lindsay Bonesteel

  Less than one week after cases of Ebola were confirmed to have reached an urban area the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), health authorities,

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Massachusetts Mumps Outbreak

June 23, 2017 Kristy Leker

  12 June 2017—Massachusetts’ Public Health officials are now issuing a notice on the cluster of mumps cases within the state. Since the end of

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Polio Reemerges in Nigeria

September 30, 2016 Cheryl Lang

In 2012, an estimated 122 of the 223 global cases of polio occurred in Nigeria, more than half of the cases worldwide (1,3). Worldwide efforts

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VacciNerds Explain: 5 things you probably didn’t know about vaccines

September 9, 2014January 25, 2023 Robyn Correll Carlyle

You might have noticed, but we changed our name. We could tell you that we wanted to find something that suited our voice or better

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Just the Vax, Please: Is everyone skipping vaccines?

August 25, 2014January 25, 2023 Jane Huston

August is National Immunization Awareness Month. To celebrate, we are going to tackle a myth about vaccination every Monday throughout the month. View previous posts

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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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Just the Vax, Please: HPV Vaccination – Do the benefits outweigh the risks?

January 6, 2014January 25, 2023 Robyn Correll Carlyle

It happens often. I’m at a dinner party or book club meeting, and a new acquaintance asks me what I do. “I work in vaccine

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Just the Vax, Please: Flu shots are for everyone – not just you.

December 2, 2013January 25, 2023 Robyn Correll Carlyle

Two out of five. When public health officials make their rounds to encourage everyone six months of age and older to get the flu vaccine

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