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Nipah in Bangladesh

April 12, 2015January 25, 2023 Colleen Nguyen

According to the Bangladesh Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), as of February 2015, nine cases of Nipah virus have been recorded across

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HIV in Indiana: 81 Cases and Counting

April 5, 2015January 25, 2023 Colleen Nguyen

Last week, Governor Mike Pence of Indiana declared the state’s current HIV outbreak a public health emergency [1]. As of March 27th, 2015, there was

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Sexual Transmission of Ebola

April 1, 2015January 25, 2023 Colleen Nguyen

Over the weekend, various news sources announced that the Liberian government recommended indefinite sexual abstinence or condom use for Ebola survivors in light of the

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Sexual Transmission of Ebola

April 1, 2015January 25, 2023 Colleen Nguyen

Over the weekend, various news sources announced that the Liberian government recommended indefinite sexual abstinence or condom use for Ebola survivors in light of the

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Ebola: One Year Later

March 29, 2015January 25, 2023 Colleen Nguyen

On March 19, 2014, an article describing an outbreak of an unknown disease in Macenta prefecture, approximately 800 kilometers from Conakry, the capital of Guinea,

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Ebola: One Year Later

March 29, 2015January 25, 2023 Colleen Nguyen

On March 19, 2014, an article describing an outbreak of an unknown disease in Macenta prefecture, approximately 800 kilometers from Conakry, the capital of Guinea,

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H1N1 Mutates in India

March 22, 2015January 25, 2023 Colleen Nguyen

According to researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), samples of the H1N1 swine flu strain currently ravaging India indicate that the strain may have

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Pakistan & Polio

March 8, 2015January 25, 2023 Colleen Nguyen

In recent weeks, police in Pakistan have arrested hundreds of parents for refusing to vaccinate their children from polio [1]. In the northwestern province of

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New Aggressive HIV Strain Found in Cuba

March 1, 2015January 25, 2023 Colleen Nguyen

A new and aggressive strain of HIV, which can develop into AIDS within three years of infection, has been discovered in Cuba [1]. Researchers raise

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Hybrid ‘Super’ Mosquito Reported in Mali

February 22, 2015January 25, 2023 Colleen Nguyen

Two types of malaria-transmitting mosquitoes in Mali — Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii — have interbred to create a new hybrid “super” mosquito resistant to

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