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Research Shows Dengue Makes Mosquitoes Hungrier, Better Feeders

April 6, 2012January 25, 2023 Robyn Correll Carlyle

  Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health announced that dengue virus infection in mosquitoes could make them hungrier and better at

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On Antimalarials and Afghanistan Shootings

April 5, 2012January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

  On March 11, American Staff Sgt. Robert Bales allegedly killed 17 Afghan civilians. Amidst the media buzz, reporters, psychiatrists, and even Bales’s lawyer, wonder

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National Public Health Week Recognizes Communicable Disease Prevention

April 4, 2012January 25, 2023 Jane Huston

This week, the American Public Health Association (APHA) observes National Public Health Week (NPHW). Since 1995, communities around the country have celebrated NPHW each April

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Outbreak News

Poor Water Quality Threatens Zimbabwe’s Health

April 2, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

  Zimbabwe’s water and wastewater infrastructure is in a serious form of disrepair, requiring immediate maintenance if outbreaks of waterborne illnesses such as cholera and

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A New Strain of Foot and Mouth Disease Threatens Egypt

March 30, 2012January 25, 2023 Dalia Shash

Egypt, a country that has seen significant change and upheaval in the past year, is now experiencing a severe outbreak of foot and mouth disease.

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Digital Disease Detection: Public Health by the “Web Kids”

March 29, 2012January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

In his essay, “We, the Web Kids,” Polish poet and pundit Piotr Czerski writes: “We don’t use the Internet…we live on the Internet and along

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Digital Disease Detection: Public Health by the “Web Kids”

March 29, 2012January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

In his essay, “We, the Web Kids,” Polish poet and pundit Piotr Czerski writes: “We don’t use the Internet…we live on the Internet and along

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Commentary

HPV Vaccine: Controversy and Solution

March 28, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

We all remember Michele Bachmann’s insidious comments from last September, in which she insinuated that the HPV vaccine had potential ties to mental retardation. Since

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Stop TB in My Lifetime

March 23, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

Every year on March 24, the Stop TB Partnership encourages us to observe World TB Day, a day designed to raise awareness and knowledge of

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Commentary

Changes to MA HIV Policies

March 22, 2012January 25, 2023 Jane Huston

A bill recently passed by the Massachusetts Senate and awaiting approval in the House would take steps at bringing HIV testing policy in Massachusetts into

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