Map of preventable disease outbreaks shows the influence of anti-vaccination ...
http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/21/5329478/vaccine-preventable-disease-outbreaks-show-anti-vaccine-movement-influence
The Council of Foreign Relations Global Health Program started tracking news reports about vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks late in 2008. It has now produced an interactive map that shows that data, tracking the number of recorded cases of ...
These are the outbreaks of measles in Ireland since 2008
http://www.thejournal.ie/heres-how-ireland-prevented-diseases-since-2008-1275732-Jan2014/
... through much of Africa. image (Map: CRF). So far in 2014, there have been no outbreaks reported in Ireland, with a small number of measles cases reported in Canada, Ukraine, New Zealand, Philippines, Malaysia and the Central African Republic.
Data Mining Google May Help Predict Disease Outbreaks
http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/01/21/data-mining-google-may-help-predict-disease-outbreaks/64812.html
Data Mining Google May Help Predict Disease Outbreaks Emerging research suggests mining Google queries could give public health officials a heads-up on emerging infectious disease outbreaks. In a new study published in Lancet Infectious Diseases, ...
Survey Finds Americans Wash More During Flu Outbreaks
http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2014/01/survey-finds-americans-wash-more-during-flu-outbreaks.aspx
Americans know how to protect themselves when they hear about an outbreak of the flu. According to a national survey, in response to a flu virus sweeping the country, 66 percent of adults wash their hands more thoroughly or more frequently. However ...
A deadly outbreak, a vaccine -- and why you can't get it yet
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/19/health/meningitis-vaccine-delay/
(CNN) -- When doctors had to remove Aaron Loy's lower legs in November after he contracted meningococcal disease, his parents hoped students at his university would receive protection against it. So far, they're still waiting. Loy, a promising lacrosse ...
Travel health warning as global outbreaks multiply
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/01/21/2003581795
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday warned travelers heading overseas for their winter vacation to be on the alert after outbreaks of several diseases. Reports of influenza in China, Hong Kong and North America; norovirus in South Korea and ...
Norovirus outbreaks reported in New Hampshire
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20140119-LIFE-401190321
Beth Daly, chief of infectious disease surveillance at the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, said that since Dec. 1, state public health officials have received 21 reports of outbreaks of gastrointestinal disorders, most considered ...
After Outbreaks, Experts Await Block Safety Advisory
http://www.anesthesiologynews.com/ViewArticle.aspx?d=Clinical%2BAnesthesiology&d_id=1&i=January+2014&i_id=1030&a_id=24708
Boston?In 2012, a rash of deadly fungal infections linked to pain interventions highlighted the devastating outcomes that can occur from improper aseptic techniques in regional anesthesia and analgesia. The outbreak makes timely the upcoming updated ...
