Thursday, March 21, 2019

Hepatitis C Outbreak in Prisons- who's responsibility is medical care?

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The prevalence of Hepatitis C infection in US prisoners is 17%. That is 17x higher than the general population prevalence, which is just ar...
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Zoonoses becoming Human Infections? Hanta outbreak in Argentina

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There's an outbreak of Andes virus happening in the southern region of Patagonia in Argentina right now. Cases first began occurring in ...
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Getting infected with the flu...for science? (Promising new flu vaccine)

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A novel influenza vaccine being developed by FluGen, a subgroup of the Swiss biotech firm SGS, is showing remarkable promise in a Phase 2 c...
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Pox Parties: Foolish Festivities

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An NYTimes article came out today with the title “Remember Chickenpox Parties?” I certainly had no idea what those were, so naturally, I ha...
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US Resumes Controversial Research on Modifying Bird Blu

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After 4 years of stasis, the US has approved experiments proposed by two labs related to modifying bird flu viruses to make them more infect...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Mosquitoborne Illness and Flood Linkage

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Natural disasters often carry associated disease related risks. After several floods, the New South Wales Arbovirus Surveillance and Mosquit...
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Murray Valley Encephalitis

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Murray Valley Encephalitis is an arboviral disease that is endemic to Western Australia. MVE is a flavivirus that is closely related to a mo...
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