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England Launches Controversial Badger Cull to Stop Bovine TB

September 19, 2012March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

Officials in England have issued the first license for a cull of the badger population in Gloucestershire following an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis. It is

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Hepatitis E Outbreak in Sudanese Refugee Camps Leaves 16 Dead

September 17, 2012March 23, 2022 Steven Purcell

Refugees in South Sudan, having fled the ongoing civil war in Sudan, are faced with harsh living conditions and limited access to sanitary facilities, potable

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Dengue Vaccine Candidate Falls Short in Clinical Trial

September 14, 2012March 23, 2022 Robyn Correll Carlyle

The full results of a clinical trial testing a potential dengue vaccine were published Tuesday in the Lancet, in a study that both disappointed and

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Ethnic Disparities in Flu Vaccine Coverage

September 13, 2012March 23, 2022 Katharina Schwan

Vaccine uptake has been a front-page issue over the past year, given the epidemic levels of whooping cough in some U.S. states and the upsurge

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Contaminated Heroin Suspected in European Anthrax Outbreak

September 12, 2012March 23, 2022 Robyn Correll Carlyle

British health officials announced Monday that another drug user in Blackpool has died of an anthrax infection. The individual died after injecting heroin suspected of

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Tuberculosis Without a Cure: TDR or XDR?

September 11, 2012March 23, 2022 Katharina Schwan

There is an overwhelming number of acronyms for the various forms of tuberculosis, and some debate about which strain coincides with what acronym. The discussion

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Cholera Outbreak Amplified by Deplorable Conditions in Sierra Leone

September 10, 2012March 23, 2022 Steven Purcell

A drawn out cholera outbreak affecting Sierra Leone and neighboring Guinea has been worsened by poor living conditions and heavy rainfall. According to the UN

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September 2012 Update on Mysterious illness Killing Dogs

September 7, 2012March 23, 2022 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

Last September, The Disease Daily wrote of a mysterious illness killing dogs who had walked in wooded areas in the East of England Region. The

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Lenient Standards Lead to More Medical Exemptions From Vaccines in Kindergartners

September 7, 2012March 23, 2022 Robyn Correll Carlyle

In states where medical exemptions for school vaccinations are easier to get, exemption rates are higher, according to a new study published late last month

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Ebola Winds Down in Uganda and Persists in DR Congo

September 5, 2012March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

On Monday, September 3, the World Health Organization stated that the Ebola outbreak in the Kibaale district of Uganda was coming to an end. No

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