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CDC Reports Significant Increase in Variant Swine Flu Cases

August 10, 2012March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

In late July, The Disease Daily reported on a potential outbreak of a variant swine flu (H3N2v), in Indiana, after the State Department of Health

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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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Tuberculosis in Florida and Nowhere to go for Treatment

July 11, 2012March 23, 2022 Catherine Stecyk

Tuberculosis, the disease once known as consumption, has remained a global source of concern for centuries. And in Florida, the public-health issue has gained yet

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Bird Flu Strikes Poultry Farms in Mexico

July 6, 2012March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

An outbreak of avian flu in western Mexico has killed approximately 870,000 poultry birds since June. The state government of Jalisco has declared a national

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Math Model to Predict Malaria Outbreaks in Africa

June 18, 2012March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

Researchers from Ethiopia and Norway have created a mathematical model that can predict a malaria outbreak up to two months before it actually occurs. The

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Botulism Kills 23 Horses in Maine

May 1, 2012March 23, 2022 Katharina Schwan

  A rare botulism outbreak caused the deaths of 23 horses at the Whistlin’ Willow farm in Gorham, Maine.   Outbreak The 175-acre farm lost

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Global Disease Outbreaks: How Much Do Americans Know?

December 16, 2011March 23, 2022 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

A recent survey conducted by EcoHealth Alliance has shown that fewer than 1 in 5 people realize that the next pandemic will most likely come

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Largest U.S. Outbreak of Measles in 15 Years

October 27, 2011March 23, 2022 Jane Huston

At the annual Infectious Diseases Society of America conference, held last week in Boston, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the United

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Cholera continues to spread in West and Central Africa

October 13, 2011March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

Since the beginning of 2011, more than 85,000 cases of cholera and 2,466 resulting deaths have been reported in West and Central Africa. According to

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Listeria death toll rises

September 28, 2011March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports 72 cases and 13 deaths due to listeriosis. Health officials are investigating three more deaths that

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