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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

 

NEWS SCAN: Congo yellow fever, HPV in older women, Nigeria polio strategy

 

VHF NEWS SCAN: Sudan yellow fever, fighting dengue in Florida

 

NEWS SCAN: Tamiflu benefits, pertussis surge in UK, change in meningitis reporting, Uganda Ebola update, persistent hospital bug

 

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