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A New Strain of Foot and Mouth Disease Threatens Egypt

March 30, 2012March 23, 2022 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, 2012March 23, 2022 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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HPV Vaccine: Controversy and Solution

March 28, 2012March 23, 2022 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, 2012March 23, 2022 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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Changes to MA HIV Policies

March 22, 2012March 23, 2022 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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Scientists Discover Novel Rabies Virus in Tanzania

March 15, 2012March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

A new type of rabies was discovered this week by scientists at the University of Glasgow and the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA).

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“Nodding” to Kony 2012

March 12, 2012March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

I wager that last week, your twitter feed was dominated by tweets tagged #StopKony or #Kony2012. If you don’t use twitter, perhaps Kony bombarded you

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Salmonella for Dessert?

March 7, 2012March 23, 2022 Madina Khamzina

More than 40 people were sick with food poisoning after eating at a local pastry shop in Yakutsk, Russia on March 6, 2012. For 43

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First Steps Towards Controlling Deadly Ebola Virus

March 6, 2012March 23, 2022 Katharina Schwan

New research suggests that certain cancer drugs may control ­the lethal Ebola virus. On February 29, a new study investigating the effects of two leukemia

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Measles Exposure at the Superbowl

March 5, 2012March 23, 2022 Jane Huston

HealthMap has been tracking news of a measles outbreak in Indiana following the state’s hosting of the Super Bowl on February 5. The latest case

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