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Dec 30, 2010

Dec 30, 2010

Flu activity up globally, in US, and notably in UK

Jim Wappes
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Dec 30, 2010

(CIDRAP News) – The winter flu season is now officially under way in the Northern Hemisphere, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today in releasing its most recent influenza data.

Meanwhile, US data also released today show influenza activity again rising, and a third report says flu activity is increasing dramatically in the United Kingdom.

Dec 29, 2010

Dec 29, 2010

Uganda plans vaccination push to stop yellow fever

Robert Roos
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Dec 29, 2010

(CIDRAP News) – Uganda is planning to vaccinate about 2.5 million people in its northern regions against yellow fever, following the recent confirmation that the disease is the cause of a 2-month-old outbreak that has killed more than 40 people, according to press reports.

Dec 28, 2010

Dec 28, 2010

Pastries blamed for 100 staph cases in 2 states

Robert Roos
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Dec 28, 2010

(CIDRAP News) – An outbreak of about 100 illness cases in Illinois and Wisconsin has been attributed to pastries from an Illinois bakery that were tainted with Staphylococcus aureus, state and federal officials revealed recently.

Dec 28, 2010

Dec 23, 2010

Dec 23, 2010

Sprouts suspected in multistate Salmonella outbreak

Lisa Schnirring
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Dec 23, 2010

(CIDRAP News) – Federal officials announced today they are collaborating on an investigation into a multistate Salmonella serotype I 4,[5],12:i:-  outbreak, possibly linked to sprouts served on sandwiches at Jimmy Johns restaurants, that have sickened 89 people in 15 states and the District of Columbia.
Dec 23, 2010

US among countries reporting rise in flu activity

Lisa Schnirring
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Dec 23, 2010

(CIDRAP News) – Influenza activity jumped in the United States last week along with other Northern Hemisphere locations, and an official from the World Health Organization (WHO) said it's not yet clear if this season will make its mark as a bad one.

Dec 21, 2010

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