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The Darfur yellow fever outbreak continues to ravage the region. In good news, the World Health Organization is working with the Sudanese government to distribute over 2.4 million doses of yellow fever vaccine. The vaccines are provided from the International Coordinating Group on Vaccine, which is made from a United Nations partnership with vaccine manufacturers. […]
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Statistics released on November 7, 2012 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show a scary reality when it comes to West Nile. The annual number of mosquito-borne virus cases top out at 5,054—with related death cases at 228. And when we kissed summer goodbye for yet another year, medical researchers expected to […]
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The recent meningitis outbreak in the United States has claimed another victim. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has put the death toll at 31, and the outbreak rate at 414 infected people. There are additional patients who have developed joint infections and related abscesses. The meningitis outbreak was caused by injectable steroid shots being […]
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The recent meningitis outbreak is the cause of a rare secondary illness called an epidural abscess. The meningitis drug was contaminated with a fungus, and this fungus is present in the new infections. Over 400 people in the United States were made sick from the contaminated drug. St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan has had […]
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The possible origin of the meningitis outbreak has been found. The specialty pharmacy that produced the vaccines was found to be possibly not sterile. The Food and Drug Administration is completing an ongoing investigation into the pharmacy. Since January there have been four dozen reports of possible contamination in the laboratory. While the reports were filed, […]
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