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Enterovirus D68: Prevention and Curre...

October 9, 2014 Written by Nicholas
Keep Your Child From Getting and Spreading Enterovirus D68
Enterovirus is a class of viruses with more than 100 members. Originally, enteroviruses were classified into three types: polioviruses, Coxsackie A viruses (CA), Coxsackie B viruses (CB), and echoviruses, but scientists realized that there was overlap and more complexity than previously understood. Poliovirus, as well as Coxsackie and echovir [...]
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Blogs and Sites We Like

July 17, 2014 Written by Nicholas
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Here is a short list of sites we like to get preparedness and incidence information from. If you have a site you like, please let us know. Public Health Surveillance Health Map is created and maintained by a team of researchers, epidemiologists and software developers at Boston Children’s Hospital founded in 2006, is an established glob [...]
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ACIP Recommends a Preference for Nasa...

July 16, 2014 Written by Nicholas
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Important notice from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)   For Immediate Release: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Contact: CDC Media Relations (404) 639-3286 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends a preference for using the nasal spray flu vaccine Today, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Pra [...]
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Traveling in West Africa: The Growing...

July 14, 2014 Written by Nicholas
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Should travelers be concerned? A Growing Threat In its summary of the Ebola/Marburg outbreaks, The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) illustrates that the current outbreak (currently 626 confirmed cases) is more severe than any in history.   While previous outbreaks affected one small area at a time, the current pandemic is spread accross [...]
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CDC Adds Polio Vaccination Recommenda...

June 4, 2014 Written by Nicholas
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have just updated their advice to health care providers to include polio vaccine in recommended preparedness immunizations. Their news release, dated 2014-6-2, includes the following language: CDC routinely recommends that anyone planning travel to a polio-affected country be fully vaccinat [...]
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Find Out if You’re a Public Hea...

April 8, 2014 Written by Nicholas
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Preventing Norovirus Infection

March 29, 2014 Written by Nicholas
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It’s not just passengers on cruises that get sick with norovirus! Noroviruses are estimated to be responsible for 49 percent of all foodborne illness. It is miserable to have, easy to transmit, and requires a few simple actions to prevent.   Norovirus is a highly contagious virus. Norovirus infection causes gastroenteritis (inflammation [...]
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The Unnecessary Measles Outbreak

March 25, 2014 Written by Nicholas
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Outbreak Like a suspenseful science fiction flick, there is a looming epidemic threatening us. Although the outbreak is moving too slowly to make a good movie, it is spreading across the world, causing 158,000 deaths last year, and possibly more this year. And it’s a tragic epidemic, because it is entirely preventable.   The measles vacc [...]
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CDC Office of Preparedness Announces ...

February 18, 2014 Written by Nicholas
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The CDC and the Departments of State, Agriculture and Defense announced last week a $40 million expansion of an international partnership program. The program, which will add 10 countries to the existing pilot program with Vietnam and Uganda. Those programs enhanced the communications and information systems for outbreak response, strengthene [...]
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5 Lessons from Atlanta: CDC

January 31, 2014 Written by Nicholas
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Yesterday the CDC published take-home lessons from the debacle in Atlanta in its blog. They’re not bad. They are listed below, even though they’re in the wrong order in the original.     You can [Actually, need to be able to] count on yourself, Keep emergency supplies in your car, [Um, really? For killer snow storms? In Atla [...]
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