There's a Major Foodborne Illness Outbreak and the Government's Shut Down
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/10/shutdown-salmonella/
Late-breaking news, and I'll update as I find out more: While the government is shut down, with food-safety personnel and disease detectives sent home and forbidden to work, a major foodborne-illness outbreak has begun. This evening, the Food Safety ...
Athenahealth Tracks Flu Outbreaks During Government Shutdown
http://www.informationweek.com/healthcare/leadership/athenahealth-tracks-flu-outbreaks-during/240162349
Athenahealth began publishing its data on flu outbreaks because it was concerned about the hole in the public health infrastructure, said Josh Gray, VP of AthenaResearch, a division of the Watertown, Mass.-based firm, in an interview. "The government ...
Expert warns more measles outbreaks a 'possibility'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-24430960
Expert warns more measles outbreaks a 'possibility'. 7 October 2013 Last updated at 16:58 BST. A public health expert warns there could be more measles cases unless parents have their children vaccinated with an estimated 30,000 in Wales still needing ...
Government slimdown will weaken ability to track disease, flu outbreaks
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/10/01/government-slimdown-will-weaken-ability-to-track-disease-flu-outbreaks/
Over two-thirds of the approximately 13,000 people employed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be furloughed as a result of the government's partial suspension of services ? a move that officials fear will put the United ...
Vaccine refusal fuels whooping cough outbreaks, study finds
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/vaccine-refusal-fuels-whooping-cough-outbreaks-study-finds-8C11301986
The 2010 whooping cough outbreak in California ? the worst in 50 years ? may have been fueled, at least in part, by clusters of parents who refused to vaccinate their children, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed local rates of children ...
Rutgers Scientists' Discovery Could Fight Flu Outbreaks
http://newbrunswick.patch.com/groups/schools/p/rutgers-scientists-develop-ways-to-stifle-the-spread-of-influenza
Scientists at Rutgers University have identified chemical agents that can help fight the spread of influenza, including the bird flu, by preventing the replication of the virus's cells, the University announced. The bird flu is caused by the H5N1 ...
US shutdown threatens response to disease outbreaks
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24347-us-shutdown-threatens-response-to-disease-outbreaks.html
US shutdown threatens response to disease outbreaks. 18:17 04 October 2013 by Alyssa Botelho; For similar stories, visit the US national issues and Bird Flu Topic Guides. Viruses don't take time off when a government shuts down. That simple fact has ...
Parents Not Vaccinating Kids Contributed to Whooping Cough Outbreaks
http://healthland.time.com/2013/09/30/parents-not-vaccinating-kids-contributed-to-whooping-cough-outbreaks/
At first, the outbreak was blamed on waning immunity to the whooping cough vaccine, but new research published in the journal Pediatrics reports that the high number of children who were intentionally unvaccinated also contributed to the rapid spread ...
