State aims at outbreaks
http://www.kokomotribune.com/opinion/x1927876946/State-aims-at-outbreaks
That chickenpox outbreak at Western ? and another three months earlier at Taylor Community School Corp. ? spotlights the importance of immunizations to public health. And relatively new vaccination guidelines announced last year by the state health ...
No more Ebola outbreaks, hopes Canadian expert
http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/no-more-ebola-outbreaks-hopes-canadian-expert-1.1924926
Dr. Gary Kobinger, chief of special pathogens at Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, suggested this outbreak -- the largest on record -- will speed efforts to get emergency use approvals to employ some of the experimental vaccines ...
Over 50 Pigs Killed in Russian African Swine Fever Outbreaks
http://www.thepigsite.com/swinenews/37213/over-50-pigs-killed-in-russian-african-swine-fever-outbreaks
RUSSIA - The Russian veterinary authorities have reported two further outbreaks of African swine fever at pig farms located in Voronezh Oblast in the south-west of the country. According to follow-up report no. 9 sent to the World Organisation for ...
Japan Increases Pork Imports as PED Outbreaks Continue
http://www.thepigsite.com/swinenews/37203/japan-increases-pork-imports-as-ped-outbreaks-continue
JAPAN - Outbreaks of porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED) continue to be reported, the latest in Ehime prefecture. With well over one million pigs lost to the disease, domestic pork supplies are becoming short and more expensive and so Japan is looking to ...
Outbreak on the Border
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/outbreak-on-the-border/
Health authorities at a Navy base in Southern California took steps last weekend to curtail an outbreak of pneumonia and swine flu among illegal immigrant children housed at the facility, according to U.S. officials. The outbreak of disease among ...
9 Deadly Outbreaks That Plagued Mankind (And One That's Spreading Now)
http://mashable.com/2014/07/11/worst-virus-outbreaks-infographic/
Smallpox. Swine Flu. H1N1. SARS. Nothing brings on a chill or a case of the willies like an infectious disease, whether it's in your country, on the news or in a Hollywood blockbuster (see also: Outbreak, Contagion, 12 Monkey, World War Z). The world ...
West Africa Ebola Outbreaks Spur Rising International SOS Inquiries
http://www.voanews.com/content/west-africa-ebola-outbreaks-spur-rising-international-sos-inquiries/1958430.html
The medical and travel security group known as International SOS says the number of requests it received for advice on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was up by 400 percent in the month of June. The World Health Organization announced Tuesday that ...
Cholera vaccine: the quick-fix to the South Sudan outbreak?
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2014/jul/21/cholera-outbreak-vaccine-south-sudan
A new study about an outbreak in Guinea shows that two doses of the oral cholera vaccine Shanchol were able to protect people by 86%. In their vaccination strategy, Médicin Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Guinean ministry of health were able to ...
