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NEWS SCAN: pH1N1 and pregnancy outcomes, pH1N1 'cousins,' upping workplace flu vaccination, forest-dwelling dengue, measles in North Dakota

Jun 14, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Reassorted H1N1-H3N2 virus, Scotland's pandemic, flu in South Africa, VLP flu vaccine, measles cases, fatal hot-tub infection

 

NEWS SCAN: Flu and GBS risk, pneumonia-flu relationship, Pakistan ends avian flu program

Jun 8, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Global food safety, H1N1 virus shedding, Q fever test, measles update

May 23, 2011

 

Electronic faucets in hospitals may raise infection risks

(CIDRAP News) – Electronic, non-touch faucets are being used in many healthcare facilities to save water and improve hand hygiene, but the faucets may actually increase the risk of infections for some patients, according to research findings released by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) today.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Severe flu and corticosteroids, H1N1 in zoo animals, H1N1 response in pregnancy, global food safety

 

FLU NEWS SCAN: Spotting H1N1 pneumonia, H1N1 in ferrets, H5N1 in Vietnam

Mar 9, 2011

 

US flu season still going strong

(CIDRAP News) – The nation's flu activity remained high last week, with the number of pediatric deaths more than doubling from the previous week and most states still reporting widespread cases, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.

Lisa Schnirring
 

CDC explores pneumococcal vaccine link to kids' febrile seizures

(CIDRAP News) – In their ongoing investigation of febrile seizures in young children who were vaccinated against flu this season, experts from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today that they have detected a small excess risk of the condition in those who received the vaccine alongside the new pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Bacteria on docs' coats; foot-and-mouth outbreak; dengue, pneumococcal vaccine efforts

 

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