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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

 

NEWS SCAN: 'Last resort' antibiotic use, global polio progress, possible DeCoster charges, measles in Pakistan

 

NEWS SCAN: Funds to fight Ebola, plague; beef product plants closing; European measles pace slows

May 8, 2012

 

Global groups renew measles push as drop in deaths slows

(CIDRAP News) – Global health officials are making headway with driving down the number of measles deaths, but there are signs that progress is stalling, a pattern that has kept nations from meeting a global mortality benchmark, researchers reported today.

Lisa Schnirring
 

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