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Cholera in Haiti: Vaccine plan readied; group sues UN

(CIDRAP News) – Two medical aid groups in cholera-stricken Haiti are planning a pilot campaign to administer a cholera vaccine to about 1% of the population, but some public health experts are questioning whether the effort is the most cost-effective way to fight the disease, according to press reports.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: National emergency test, persistent H1N1 antibodies, Thai lepto warning, possible polio patch, 'sharps' disposal

Nov 8, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Recall of olives and oysters, recession-linked TB patterns

Nov 7, 2011

 

FOOD SAFETY NEWS SCAN: Pine nut Salmonella update, E coli outbreaks

Nov 4, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: More listeriosis cases, irradiation for Salmonella , German baby deaths, H1N1 and bacterial co-infection, reducing HAIs

Nov 3, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: E coli and UTIs, NBA norovirus outbreak, flu in Europe, evidence-based vaccine recommendations

 

Salmonella -tainted pine nuts sicken 42 in six states

(CIDRAP News) – Wegmans Food Markets yesterday recalled bulk Turkish pine nuts sold in most of its stores after health officials linked them to a Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak that has so far sickened 42 people in six states.

Lisa Schnirring

NEWS SCAN: More Listeria cases, bunyavirus cluster, E coli outbreak profile

Oct 26, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Listeria meningitis mortality, norovirus shellfish assessment, H1N1 and bacterial infections, Sanofi flu vaccine studies

Oct 24, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Cholera vaccine in Haiti, sprout seed ban, resistant pathogen on the move, experimental Hendra treatment

Oct 20, 2011

 

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