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HealthMap - 2014 Ebola Outbreaks

Wed, 2014-10-22 13:23 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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Measles continues to spread in Western Hemisphere

Fri, 2025-05-02 14:31 — mike kraft

Measles jumps borders in North America with outbreaks in Canada, Mexico and US North America’s three biggest measles outbreaks have grown to a total of more than 2,500 known cases. Three people have died in the U.S. and one in Mexico. AP News

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Long COVID's unique symptoms not seen in flu, pneumonia --new study

Thu, 2025-05-01 15:11 — mike kraft

Long COVID has unique symptoms, persistence not seen in flu, pneumonia, research suggests Tests on respiratory samples were negative, but results were positive for the cerebrospinal fluid sample. CIDRAP

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Vaccine delay: Moderna's flu/COVID combination vaccine hit by deprioritization, FDA delay

Thu, 2025-05-01 14:37 — mike kraft

Moderna's flu/COVID combination vaccine hit by deprioritization, FDA delay Moderna is deprioritizing< | Moderna is deprioritizing its flu/COVID combination vaccine in younger adults amid a push to cut about $1.5 billion from its operating expenses. The biotech disclosed the changes alongside news of a delay to the expected approval of the vaccine in older adults. Nick Paul Taylor Fierce Biotech

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A small increase in measles vaccinations could prevent millions of U.S. cases--study

Wed, 2025-04-30 16:42 — mike kraft

Even a small uptick in vaccination could prevent millions of US measles cases. Here's how Amid the spread of measles across the U.S., new research shows even a small uptick in measles, mumps, rubella vaccination could prevent millions of infections. ABC News ABC News

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Mpox surge reported in Sierra Leone

Tue, 2025-04-29 14:22 — mike kraft

Health workers in Sierra Leone see surge in mpox cases Sierra Leone is facing an increase in recorded mpox infections, with 177 new cases reported in recent days, a health ministry official told AFP. Science X Medical Xpress

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Measles cases soar in Europe and the Americas--WHO

Tue, 2025-04-29 13:37 — mike kraft

Measles cases in Europe, the Americas skyrocket Measles cases across Europe were up 10-fold in 2024 compared to 2023, while cases in the Americas so far this year are 11-fold higher, according to updates today from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). CIDRAP

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About 87% of the European cases were reported in Romania, which had the highest notification rate, at 1,610.7 cases per 1,000,000 population, followed by Austria (59.5), Belgium (44.9) and Ireland (39.6).

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Measles, polio and rubella could become endemic in the U.S. if vaccine rates continue to fall--studies

Mon, 2025-04-28 13:42 — mike kraft

Measles may be making a comeback in the U.S., Stanford Medicine-led research finds Diseases such as measles, rubella and polio could become endemic to the U.S. again if vaccine rates decline, according to modeling run by researchers at Stanford Medicine and their colleagues. Katia Savchuk News Center

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U.S. drug costs could increase by $51 billion because of tariffs --industry sponsored study

Mon, 2025-04-28 13:30 — mike kraft

Exclusive: US pharma tariffs would raise US drug costs by $51 billion annually, report finds Trump has repeatedly threatened a 25% tariff on pharmaceutical imports. Maggie Fick Reuters

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Analysis: Americans are underestimating the bird flu problem --survey

Tue, 2025-04-22 14:55 — mike kraft

Americans Are Underestimating Bird Flu. In A Future Pandemic, That Could Be A Problem The public just isn’t concerned enough about H5N1, suggests new research. Laura Simmons IFLScience

The general public are showing “ignorance and apathy” towards the threat of bird flu, say the authors of a new editorial, based on a survey they conducted of US residents. It found that many were unaware of or unwilling to take simple precautions that might decrease their risk of exposure to the virus.

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