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Month: September 2011

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U.S. Prepares for Flu Season

September 29, 2011January 25, 2023 Jane Huston

In the average year, anywhere from five- to twenty-percent of the U.S. population will get the flu. The most effective way to decrease that percentage

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Listeria death toll rises

September 28, 2011January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports 72 cases and 13 deaths due to listeriosis. Health officials are investigating three more deaths that

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Tuberculosis Outbreak in Paris Suburb

September 27, 2011January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Shortly after the WHO press release concerning the rapid spread of multidrug resistant tuberculosis across Europe, tuberculosis testing in an impoverished suburb of Paris, France

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Las Vegas Resident Diagnosed With Dengue Fever

September 27, 2011January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

On the morning of Sept. 26, a Las Vegas woman was diagnosed with a case of dengue fever.  The patient shared a travel history with

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Potential environmental health threat uncovered in Halabja, Iraq

September 26, 2011January 25, 2023 David Scales

Landmines and other unexploded ordinance are notorious for maiming people long after wars have ended. In an unfortunate twist to this continuing lesson, a plane

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September 28 2011: World Rabies Day

September 26, 2011January 25, 2023 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

Each year on Sept. 28 events are held worldwide to raise awareness about the impact of rabies in both humans and animals. Despite rabies being

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Avian Flu Outbreak in India Reignites Concern of H5N1 Resurgence

September 23, 2011January 25, 2023 Glory Song

In late August, the United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned of a possible resurgence of H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza due to a

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Cholera Outbreak Likely to Worsen in Lake Chad Basin

September 23, 2011January 25, 2023 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

For the past year Chad has been fighting an outbreak of cholera. The country has recorded 12,713 cases and 364 deaths due to cholera this

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Drug resistance continued: Malaria

September 22, 2011January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Early this morning, the New England Journal of Medicine released a piece warning of potential artemisinin-resistant malaria near the Cambodia-Thailand border.  Artemisinin is a drug

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Drug resistance and tuberculosis

September 21, 2011January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

  In a recent press release, Stop TB reports that 15 of the 27 countries with the highest burden of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis are located

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