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Pakistan: Brain-eating Amoeba & Vaccination Against Childhood Pneumonia

October 12, 2012March 23, 2022 Adham Abdel Mottalib

A rare and fatal brain-eating infection killed 10 people in Karachi, Pakistan this year. This waterborne species of amoeba causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a

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Ethnic Disparities in Flu Vaccine Coverage

September 13, 2012March 23, 2022 Katharina Schwan

Vaccine uptake has been a front-page issue over the past year, given the epidemic levels of whooping cough in some U.S. states and the upsurge

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Lenient Standards Lead to More Medical Exemptions From Vaccines in Kindergartners

September 7, 2012March 23, 2022 Robyn Correll Carlyle

In states where medical exemptions for school vaccinations are easier to get, exemption rates are higher, according to a new study published late last month

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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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Number of Parents Altering Vaccine Schedules on the Rise

June 20, 2012March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

A new report published in the journal Pediatrics shows that the number of parents delaying or limiting their children’s vaccinations more than tripled from 2006

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Measles Outbreak in Ukraine Coincides With UEFA EURO 2012

June 14, 2012March 23, 2022 Catherine Stecyk

The number of reported measles cases in Ukraine has increased over the past several months, with an especially high concentration of cases in western Ukraine.

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Yellow Fever Outbreaks in Cameroon and Ghana Prompt Vaccination Campaigns

February 9, 2012March 23, 2022 Katharina Schwan

Northern Cameroon reported 23 cases of yellow fever in six districts since October. Seven patients have passed away. In an effort to curb the spread

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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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PLoS blog features HealthMap team’s article on “Failed vaccination campaigns” as global issue

September 12, 2011March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

In July 2011 The Guardian (UK) explored the Central Intelligence Agency’s fake vaccine campaign, which rolled out in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in an attempt to acquire

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Imported Poliovirus Leaves 1 Dead in Xinjiang, China

September 9, 2011March 23, 2022 Glory Song

  On August 31st, we reported that four children were diagnosed with polio in Xinjiang, China, a country that had been polio-free for eleven years.

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