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Preventable Disease Outbreak: Mumps in Europe

June 22, 2009March 23, 2022 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

Despite the availability of the MMR vaccine, mumps has made a resurgence in many parts of Europe. So far in 2009, Ireland has seen over

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Influenza A (H1N1) – “Swine Flu”: An Overview

May 7, 2009March 23, 2022 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

** Please visit http://h1n1.nejm.org/ (The New England Journal of Medicine) to read Digital Disease Detection: harnessing the web for public health surveillance. N Engl J Med 360;21 May

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Hand, Foot, and Mouth: Outbreak Spreading in China

April 17, 2009March 23, 2022 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

Over 125,000 cases, and 57 fatalities of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) have been reported by China's Ministry of Health so far this year.

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Saving the Devil

April 2, 2009March 23, 2022 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD) is a fatal condition affecting Tasmanian devils throughout most of the Australian state of Tasmania. DFTD is characterized by facial

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Cerebral Spinal Meningitis (CSM) spreads in Nigeria

March 26, 2009March 23, 2022 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

A Cerebral Spinal Meningitis outbreak has killed more than 156 people throughout Nigeria. Jigwa, Kano, Bauchi, Yobe, and Katsina states are currently among the worst

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Rabies Outbreak Kills 93 Children in Angola

March 16, 2009March 23, 2022 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

  Within the past three months, a rabies epidemic has claimed the lives of at least 93 children in Angola’s capital city of Luanda. With

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Northeastern United States: Lethal Disease Decimates Bat Populations

March 10, 2009March 23, 2022 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

  An emerging fungal disease, termed White-Nose Syndrome due to the white fungus typically found on the faces of afflicted bats, is spreading throughout the

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The Return of Polio

March 2, 2009March 23, 2022 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

  The Amuru district of Uganda is now treating its first case of polio in 12 years, a 16 month old baby boy from the

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UPDATE: Cholera Far from Under Control in Zimbabwe

February 3, 2009March 23, 2022 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

  To date over 60,000 people have been infected with cholera, and more than 3,100 are dead. Despite international efforts to control the outbreak, the

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Human Infections of Avian Influenza (H5N1) on the Rise in Central China

February 2, 2009March 23, 2022 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

  Since the beginning of 2009, eight cases of highly pathogenic human avian influenza have been reported in China. Three of the cases have been

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