News & Perspective

Jan 18, 2017

Jan 18, 2017
Caged chickens

H5N8 turns up in Greek poultry, Chinese zoo swans

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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Jan 18, 2017

In addition to widespread H5N8, H5N1 is confirmed in Nigeria and H5N6 in Japan.

Nov 04, 2016

Nov 04, 2016

ASP News Scan for Nov 04, 2016

Antibiotics in waste water
MDR-TB in West Africa
Antibiotics and sepsis
Pediatric fluoroquinolone guidelines
Antiseptic-linked colistin resistance
Nursing home ASP guide
ASPs in small community hospitals
ID consults

Oct 14, 2016

Oct 14, 2016

ASP News Scan for Oct 14, 2016

Global TB burden
Drug-resistant Corynebacterium
C diff in dogs
ASP in peds hospital
CRE in LA hospitals

Apr 21, 2016

Apr 21, 2016

News Scan for Apr 21, 2016

More Illinois Elizabethkingia
H5N6 case in China
Ebola successes
Global immunization

Apr 20, 2016

Apr 20, 2016
Zika Americas map

Maps predict areas favorable for Zika spread

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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Apr 20, 2016

Study says 2.2 billion people live in areas suitable for Zika spread, and over the next year more than 5 million babies will be born in vulnerable parts of the Americas.

Oct 20, 2015

Oct 20, 2015

Flu Scan for Oct 20, 2015

Southern Hemisphere flu ebb
H5N1 on Nigerian farms

Jan 29, 2015

Jan 29, 2015

Avian flu rampages in Taiwan, hits China, India

Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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Jan 29, 2015

Hundreds of thousands of poultry affected in more than 100 outbreaks involving various subtypes.

Jan 18, 2013

Jan 03, 2013

Jan 03, 2013

WHO says polio drive must push on despite Pakistan setbacks

Robert Roos
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Jan 03, 2013

(CIDRAP News) – In the wake of recent killings of polio vaccinators in Pakistan, some questions are being raised about the all-out push to eradicate polio, but the World Health Organization (WHO) says the world can't afford to back off on the eradication drive now.

Oct 25, 2012

Oct 25, 2012

Polio day observations highlight successes, challenges

Lisa Schnirring
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Oct 25, 2012

(CIDRAP News) – The world has the tools to eradicate polio, but it's unclear if countries have the political and social will to fully implement and finance emergency plans, a spokesman for the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) said yesterday to mark World Polio Day.

The observance is held on Oct 24, the birth date of Jonas Salk, the US virologist who invented the polio vaccine.

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