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News Scan for Jun 17, 2013

CDC Angola dengue warning covers threat to travelers

The United States and other countries are seeing a rise in lab-confirmed dengue cases in people who have traveled to Luanda, Angola's capital, and health providers should be aware that the disease in Africa is endemic, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.

  • Angola dengue threat
  • Polio worker deaths
  • Cambodia malaria drop

News Scan for Jun 14, 2013

Rubella epidemic in Japan traced to past female-only vaccination efforts

Japan had 5,442 rubella cases in the first 4 months of this year, largely because past rubella vaccination programs did not target males, according to an article in today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

  • Rubella surge in Japan
  • More infection from tainted steroids
  • Viral pneumonia outbreak in health workers
  • DRC yellow fever outbreak

NEWS SCAN: Oseltamivir dosing for flu, suspected fungal infections, yellow fever in Ethiopia, polio in Kenya

May 31, 2013

 

Auditor draws lessons from Yosemite hantavirus outbreak

(CIDRAP News) – A federal auditor found no major flaws in the National Park Service's (NPS's) handling of the hantavirus outbreak at Yosemite National Park last summer, but the auditor called for closer reviews of plans for visitor lodgings to prevent vector-borne diseases.

Robert Roos
 

WHO experts nix yellow fever vaccine booster

(CIDRAP News) – Yellow fever vaccination boosters, typically given 10 years after initial immunization, are no longer necessary, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers, new poxvirus, Nipah near Australia, app for kids' vaccines

Apr 25, 2013

 

NEWS SCAN: Yellow fever in Chad, metapneumovirus and kids, shingles vaccine response

Feb 14, 2013

 

NEWS SCAN: Dengue vaccine trial, cholera in the Caribbean, measles protection gaps, US-Canada animal disease agreement

 

NEWS SCAN: Ebola in south Asian bats, no Ebola in Uganda, fecal infusion for C diff , Lyme-like disease

Jan 17, 2013

 

NEWS SCAN: Hantavirus in UK, pig-farm MRSA, norovirus variant, Kansas biolab progress, Pakistan polio security

 

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