Princeton mulls unapproved meningitis vaccine to stop campus outbreak
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57612788/princeton-mulls-unapproved-meningitis-vaccine-to-stop-campus-outbreak/
PRINCETON, N.J.Amid a meningitis outbreak at Princeton University, officials are deciding whether to give students a vaccine that hasn't been approved in the United States that may stop the disease from spreading. A decision could be made as early as ...
Top 5 Largest November Tornado Outbreaks
http://www.wunderground.com/news/largest-november-tornado-outbreaks-20131117
... systems, the unstable conditions yield severe thunderstorms and sometimes tornadoes." Most of the time, the second-season tornado outbreaks are in the Gulf Coast states, but they can sometimes spread north to the Ohio Valley and southern Great Lakes.
A November tornado outbreak for the record books
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/11/18/a-november-tornado-outbreak-for-the-record-books/
Dozens of tornadoes touched down in the Midwest and Ohio Valley Sunday, killing eight and destroying hundreds of homes. The outbreak was one of the worst on record during November. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued over 400 severe ...
Strep throat outbreaks: What Chicago families need to know
http://www.chicagoparent.com/magazines/web-only/2013-november/strep
Many schools are seeing outbreaks of strep throat. Some students are even being infected multiple times because "you don't become immune to this infection so you can get it over and over again," Dlugopolski-Gach says. If your child is sick, it is ...
The Effect of Childhood Vaccine Exemptions on Disease Outbreaks
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/healthcare/report/2013/11/14/76471/the-effect-of-childhood-vaccine-exemptions-on-disease-outbreaks/
Vaccines have minimized or eliminated outbreaks of certain diseases that were once lethal to large numbers of people, including measles and polio in the United States and smallpox worldwide. But because the bacteria and viruses that cause diseases ...
Pharmacy sales may be useful in tracking cholera outbreaks
http://www.healio.com/infectious-disease/gastrointestinal-infections/news/online/%7Beae512cd-46bc-4e0f-8567-91aca39ef3e5%7D/pharmacy-sales-may-be-useful-in-tracking-cholera-outbreaks
"Pharmacies often serve as the first point of contact with the medical sector when individuals become ill," the researchers wrote. "In Bangladesh, people commonly use oral rehydration solution (ORS) purchased at pharmacies to treat diarrhea. Many ...
UN Confirms an Outbreak of Polio in Syria
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/world/middleeast/un-confirms-polio-outbreak-in-syria.html
Published: October 29, 2013. GENEVA ? United Nations officials confirmed an outbreak of polio among children in Syria on Tuesday, lending urgency to plans for vaccination campaigns there and in nearby countries to try to halt the spread of the disease.
Food-Borne Tropical Disease Outbreak Strikes the US (Op-Ed)
http://www.livescience.com/41051-food-borne-tropical-disease-outbreak-strikes-the-us.html
Three small outbreaks of cyclosporiasis were reported in North America during 1990-95, and major outbreaks have been recorded since 1996. The disease made its way through fresh produce of raspberries, lettuce, basil and snow peas, which were mostly ...
