Is Facebook causing mass hysteria?
http://theweek.com/article/index/250051/is-facebook-causing-outbreaks-of-mass-hysteria
The 36-year-old nurse from Le Roy, N.Y., developed the same debilitating tics and stutters as a group of teenagers in her town. Her only connection to the afflicted? Facebook articles about the mysterious epidemic that she had read. Social media ...
New High-Tech Laboratory in Kazakhstan to Fight Plague Outbreaks
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/new-high-tech-laboratory-in-kazakhstan-to-fight-plague-outbreaks/
The Central Reference Laboratory (CRL) will open in 2015 and offer high-security lab space for scientists to study dangerous diseases and provide early warning of potential outbreaks. (Read about the global war on disease.) The facility, funded by the ...
Universal Influenza Vaccine Breakthrough Could Prevent Flu Outbreaks
http://www.latinpost.com/articles/2389/20130924/universal-influenza-vaccine-breakthrough-prevent-flu-outbreaks.htm
By the end of the outbreak, it was discovered that subjects who had higher levels of CD8 T cell levels developed milder symptoms compared to those who had lower levels of such T cells. A CD8 T cell is a kind of virus killing immune cell found in the blood.
High-Path Bird Flu Outbreaks in Nepal Affect Broilers and Layers
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultrynews/30124/highpath-bird-flu-outbreaks-in-nepal-affect-broilers-and-layers
NEPAL - The Nepalese veterinary authorities have reported 43 new outbreaks of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza at various poultry farms across Bagmati, Lumbini and Janakpur and starting within just two weeks between 26 July and 9 August.
Outbreaks Make a Case for Vaccinations
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/us/outbreaks-make-a-case-for-vaccinations.html
A measles outbreak in a North Texas megachurch, where vaccinations were discouraged, and soaring rates of whooping cough across the state are drawing renewed calls for immunization legislation, which some lawmakers and medical professionals argue ...
Big Measles Outbreaks Worry Federal Health Officials
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/09/12/221737535/big-measles-outbreaks-worry-federal-health-officials
Federal health officials are worried about an unusually high number of measles cases occurring in the United States this year. There have been at least eight outbreaks so far this year involving 159 cases, the federal Centers for Disease Control and ...
Hajj pilgrimage without MERS outbreaks: Saudi Arabia remains optimistic
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=61510
RIYADH - Saudi authorities are optimistic that October's hajj pilgrimage to the kingdom, one of the world's annual largest gatherings, will pass without outbreaks of the deadly MERS coronavirus, the health minister said Saturday. The virus, which ...
HPAI Outbreaks in Nepal Affect Broilers and Layers
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultrynews/30124/hpai-outbreaks-in-nepal-affect-broilers-and-layers
NEPAL - The Nepalese veterinary authorities have reported 43 new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza at various poultry farms across Bagmati, Lumbini and Janakpur. The World Organisation for Animal Health received follow-up report no.
