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Massachusetts Mumps Outbreak

June 23, 2017March 23, 2022 Kristy Leker

  12 June 2017—Massachusetts’ Public Health officials are now issuing a notice on the cluster of mumps cases within the state. Since the end of

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Mumps: Making a Comeback

March 17, 2016March 23, 2022 Colleen Nguyen

Mumps are making a comeback on college campuses nationwide. On Friday, February 25, there were two lab-confirmed cases and three probable cases of mumps reported

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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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Mosquitoes with West Nile Virus in Okla., Mass., and Calif.

July 13, 2012March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

Update: South Dakota just reported its first WNV case of the season. The case was detected in a blood donor who was not sick. Over the past

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Mosquitoes Infected with EEE Found in Mass.

July 12, 2012March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

Wednesday, July 11, Mass. health officials announced finding four mosquitoes infected with Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). Catherine Brown, State Public Health Veterinarian, stated that they

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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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Low Pathogenic Bird Flu in Massachusetts

February 2, 2012March 23, 2022 Jane Huston

Authorities announced on January 31st that several Massachusetts swans tested positive for low-path avian influenza, or bird flu. There is no threat to human health.

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