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Measles: Back To The Future Of Public Health?

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 05.24.2012

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If measles does make a meaningful comeback, it would imply public health is sliding back as we head into the future. We don't want to go there.

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Bioterror Death Germs Thrive In Labs, Nature, As U.S. Funding Withers

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Ebola, Bioterrorism, Terrorism, Biosecurity, h5n1, Bird Flu, The Infection Loop, Anthrax, Outbreak, Biological Weapons, Sars, Infectious Diseases, Counterterrorism, Contagion, H1n1, Influenza, Green News

Part of a series investigating the complex links between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. In early October 2001, just da...

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The Autism Vaccine Controversy and the Need for Responsible Science Journalism

Seth Mnookin | Posted 03.05.2012

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The seemingly never-ending contraction of the media industry has resulted in a shedding of specialists in every journalistic medium. That does not, however, mean that the public's hunger for information about science, medicine and technology is shrinking.

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Exotic Dangers: Could The Global Pet Trade Import The Next Pandemic?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 12.21.2011

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Part of a series investigating the complex links between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. Dr. Anthony Pilny had just fin...

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Not in My Back Yard -- And Not in Yours

Dr. Lynn C. Klotz | Posted 08.08.2011

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Investigations of such deadly pathogens as SARS should be conducted only in highest-security BSL-4 labs, tucked away in remote locations where any accident can be quickly contained.

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Shingles: Can Adults Protect Themselves From a Pox They Hoped to Leave to Childhood?

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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For roughly one in four to one in five people over their lifetime, the chickenpox virus recurs as shingles, a painful, blistering rash that usually attacks one side of the body.

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Green Eggs and Ham

Dr. Jeffrey McCombs | Posted 05.25.2011

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The CDC says that 200 cases of salmonella eggs were reported weekly in recent months around the country. So why is this only now being reported?

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Twitter May Be the Firehose but Amplify Is the Conversation

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is a social network that places enormous worth on engagement and conversation. Chances are that you may have never heard of Amplify -- I didn't until a few months ago.

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Planning for Nuclear Terrorism as Well as the Flu

Arnold Bogis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Local officials should not delude themselves into thinking that existing plans for responding to dirty bombs can be simply expanded to deal with nuclear terrorism.

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Vegetable Profiling: Tomatoes See Red

Suzette Standring | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tomatoes are seeing red at being wrongly blamed as the contamination cause of a national Salmonella outbreak. Now jalapeno peppers have replaced tomatoes as the possible culprit.

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UN Rushes To Contain Outbreak Of Ebola Virus In Central Congo

New York Times | JEFFREY GETTLEMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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United Nations officials reported an outbreak of Ebola virus in central Congo today and were rushing supplies and doctors into the region to contain t...

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