'This is one of the most challenging Ebola outbreaks we have ever faced'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/04/08/this-is-one-of-the-most-challenging-ebola-outbreaks-we-have-ever-faced/
Doctors with the World Health Organization are calling the situation in West Africa "one of the most challenging Ebola outbreaks we have ever faced." The death toll has topped 100, WHO officials say, with 157 confirmed and suspected cases and 101 ...
CSPI: Eating Out Linked to Nearly Twice as Many Outbreaks as Eating In
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/04/cspi-analysis-eating-out-linked-to-nearly-twice-as-many-outbreaks-as-eating-in/
A report released Monday by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) revealed that, over a 10-year period, there were about twice as many foodborne illness outbreaks linked to restaurants than to private homes. The 17-page report, entitled, ...
Calif. Vaccination Rates Receive More Scrutiny Amid Outbreaks
http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2014/4/8/calif-vaccination-rates-receive--more-scrutiny-amid-outbreaks
The rate of vaccination exemptions for California kindergarten students is under scrutiny following a spate of disease outbreaks and the enactment of a state law increasing restrictions on immunization waivers, EdSource reports.
Health ministry urges vaccinations in wake of measles outbreaks
http://www.torontosun.com/2014/04/08/health-ministry-urges-vaccinations-in-wake-of-measles-outbreaks
OTTAWA ? Canada's health minister is urging parents to make sure their children are immunized against measles after a string of outbreaks in several areas of the country this year. There were 320 cases of the disease in B.C. after a church group ...
Mumps Cases Top 150 In Two Central Ohio Counties
http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2014/04/07/oh-mumps-outbreak.html
The university and community health departments are promoting vaccination, isolation and infection control to try to slow the outbreak. Still, the numbers keep creeping up: 153 total cases now in Franklin and Delaware Counties. "The outbreak is ...
California Measles Outbreak Highest Since It Was Declared Eradicated, And It's ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/04/measles-outbreak-californ_n_5092537.html
The outbreak is reigniting public health concerns over the anti-vaccination movement; while releasing its data at the end of March, the California Department of Public Health urged residents to consider the startling outbreak's implications. ?This ...
CSPI Says Restaurants Pose Twice the Risk of Foodborne Outbreaks
http://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2014/cspi-says-restaurants-pose-twice-the-risk-of-foodborne-outbreaks/
Outbreak data analyzed by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) says that Americans are twice as likely to get food poisoning from restaurants than from food prepared at home. The review, which covers outbreaks from 2002 through 2011, ...
HEALTHBEAT: Disease detectives try genome sequencing to outsmart ...
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/254138091.html
WASHINGTON ? Chances are you've heard of mapping genes to diagnose rare diseases, predict your risk of cancer and tell your ancestry. But to uncover food poisonings? The nation's disease detectives are beginning a program to try to outsmart outbreaks ...
