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Global study notes progress against infectious diseases

(CIDRAP News) – Infectious diseases are causing fewer deaths and illnesses worldwide than two decades ago, with fewer kids dying, but younger and middle-aged adults are bearing more of the overall medical burden, according to a massive multipart study published today in The Lancet.

Lisa Schnirring
 

Experts: Make polio vaccine a travel prerequisite for some

(CIDRAP News) – A panel of experts that advises the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) is recommending that residents of polio-endemic countries be required to have polio vaccinations before they are allowed to travel abroad.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Prison-brew botulism, Uganda Ebola outbreak over, antimicrobial keyboard covers, rabies contact tracing, Australian measles

Oct 4, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Kindergarten vaccine coverage, measles up in UK, neti pot warning

Aug 24, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: EU dengue risk report, 1 more cantaloupe Listeria death, meat labeling claims, polio vaccine efforts

Jul 26, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Combo TB drug, Global Fund misspending, immunization-record access, HFMD in Vietnam, pathogens in the elderly

Jul 24, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Promising Ebola treatment, Salmonella outbreak tied to dog food, plague in New Mexico, anti-measles funding

 

CDC: No widespread problem tied to vaccine storage errors

(CIDRAP News) – Some children covered by the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program may have received less potent vaccines because of improper storage temperatures, but the problem is probably not widespread, the US Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) said yesterday in response to a report from a federal auditor.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Hong Kong H5N1 update, Reportable Food Registry add-ons, Vietnam illness probe, measles in Israel

Jun 5, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Salmonellosis from live chicks, response to 2011 Euro E coli crisis, Salmonella at dog food plant, imported measles

May 31, 2012

 

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