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Syphilis Scare and Condom Controversies in Adult Film Industry

August 30, 2012March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

On August 18, the adult film industry trade group, Free Speech Coalition, announced a nationwide moratorium on film productions while the industry investigates a syphilis

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New Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in United States

August 29, 2012March 23, 2022 Jason Hayes

Once exclusive to Asia and Africa, a strain of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD), which affects children under five, has arrived in the United

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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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Legionnaires’ Disease Death Count Rises in Quebec City

August 28, 2012March 23, 2022 Robyn Correll Carlyle

Local health officials in Quebec announced Sunday that a deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak has struck more than 100 people and killed eight in Quebec City

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Anthrax Death Reported in Siberia

August 27, 2012March 23, 2022 Katharina Schwan

Russia declared a state of emergency after an anthrax outbreak caused its first death. The outbreak occurred in the village of Druzhba, in the Altai

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Haiti At Risk: Isaac Could Bring Further Destruction And Disease

August 24, 2012March 23, 2022 Steven Purcell

Update: From Cate Oswald, Haiti Program Director at Partners in Health: "We’re ensuring that each hospital has enough cholera treatment materials on hand and that

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WNV: Mass. reports second human case; CDC says one of “largest West Nile virus outbreaks ever”

August 23, 2012March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

In a special telebriefing on West Nile virus (WNV) in the United States, Dr. Lyle Petersen, director of the Division of Vector-borne Infectious Diseases at

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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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August 21 Update on Ebola in DR Congo

August 21, 2012March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

This morning, WHO reported 15 suspected cases and ten deaths in the Orientale Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Of the suspected cases, two

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