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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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Legionnaires’ Disease Kills Two at Downtown Chicago Hotel

August 29, 2012March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) has confirmed eight cases of Legionnaires’ disease, including two deaths, in Chicago. The source of the outbreak is

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Rare Hantavirus Discovered in Two Yosemite Vacationers

August 23, 2012March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

Update Aug 28 2012: Last night, the San Francisco Chronicle reported a second death due to Hantavirus. To date, there are three confirmed cases, one

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Biggest E. coli Outbreak in a Decade Hits Japan

August 21, 2012March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

An outbreak of E. coli has killed seven and infected more than 100 in northern Japan, marking the most deadly food poisoning outbreak in ten

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New Study Finds Rabies May Not Always Be Fatal

August 6, 2012March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

A study published on August 1 in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene reported that rabies may not be fatal in all patients

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Norovirus Outbreak Hits Restaurant in Michigan

August 2, 2012March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

An outbreak of foodborne illness at a Mexican restaurant in Holland, MI was confirmed to be norovirus, the Ottawa County Health Department reported on Tuesday.

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New Study Names 40 Airports Most Likely to Spread Disease

July 27, 2012March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently published a report that used mathematical modeling to identify the U.S. airports that, in the event of

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United States Faces Twice as Many Pertussis Cases as Last Year

July 25, 2012March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

New statistics show that the United States is in the midst of the worst outbreak of pertussis, or whooping cough, in fifty years.  Case reports

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Outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease in Edinburgh Declared Over

July 19, 2012March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

Health officials in Scotland have officially declared the end of an outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease in Edinburgh. The outbreak began in late May and resulted

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First HIV Prevention Drug Approved by FDA

July 17, 2012March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

The FDA announced yesterday that it has approved Truvada, the first pill that prevents infection with HIV after sexual exposure. The drug is to be

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