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

Jul 24, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Cambodia's mystery disease, community-onset MRSA, UN food standards, polio battle, malaria prevention

Jul 5, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Toxin-linked foodborne outbreak, immunization info systems, hand hygiene 1-2 punch

 

NEWS SCAN: Faster dengue test, clinical H1N1 diagnosis, docs working when sick, Googling norovirus

Jun 20, 2012

 

Study links viral GI illnesses to untreated wells

(CIDRAP News) – A study found that low-level viral contamination and a higher incidence of acute gastrointestinal (GI) illness were linked to nondisinfected municipal groundwater in Wisconsin, findings that researchers say could spur regulatory steps.

Lisa Schnirring
 

FOOD SAFETY NEWS SCAN: More Salmonella sushi cases, Korean shellfish nixed, public food safety meeting

 

Bathroom-stored grocery bag fingered in norovirus outbreak

(CIDRAP News) – The role of fomites in norovirus outbreaks has been difficult to pin down, but Oregon health officials today described how a reusable grocery bag left in a bathroom where a patient was sick spread the virus to members of a girls' soccer team and their chaperones.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Salmonella update, sapovirus outbreaks, drug data access, vaccine exemptions

 

NEWS SCAN: Climate change and foodborne disease, tests for acute gastroenteritis, microchip for detecting flu, malaria and age

 

NEWS SCAN: Severe-flu gene?, H1N1 deaths in India, flu vaccine patent, foodborne norovirus outbreaks

 

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