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Disease Outbreak

Did Obamacare Help or Harm the Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Investigation in Tennessee?

Manoj Jain, MD MPH | Posted 12.14.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Transparency, Meningitis Outbreak, Meningitis, Cdc, Health Department, Fungal Meningitis, Obamacare, Aspergillus Meningitis, Mrsa, Healthy Living Health News, Affordable Care Act, Public Health, Public Health Infrastructure, Disease Outbreak, Infectious Diseases, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Healthy Living News
Manoj Jain, MD MPH

As infectious disease doctors, we routinely care for patients with meningitis, but never have we treated a case of aspergillus meningitis, the type of fungal infection that has caused more than a dozen deaths and sickened nearly 200 people in Tennessee and other states.

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Disease Outbreak Risks Rise As More Private School Students Opt Out Of Vaccines

AP | HANNAH DREIER | Posted 11.09.2012 | Home
Read More: Whooping Cough, Infectious Diseases, Student Immunizations, Private Schools, School Vaccines, Public Health, Waldorf School, Immunizations, Student Vaccination, Student Health, Highland Hall Waldorf School, California Schools, School Vaccine Opt-Out, Disease Outbreak, Home News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Parents who send their children to private schools in California are much more likely to opt out of immunizations than thei...

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Lynne Peeples

Dangerously Unaware: Americans Lack Knowledge About Source Of Global Pandemics

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 12.14.2011 | Green
Read More: Avian Flu, Infectious Diseases, International Development, Swine Flu, Pandemic, The Infection Loop, Hand-Washing, Contagion, Deforestation, Disease Outbreak, Wildlife, Green News

Two out of every three Americans worry about the potential for a global disease outbreak. (Thank you, "Contagion.") Yet, alongside this result fr...

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Marcus Baram

How Researchers Investigate The Source Of An Epidemic: Lots Of Detective Work, Add Science

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 08.09.2011 | Green
Read More: E. Coli Outbreak, Epidemic Outbreak, Centers for Disease Control, Sprout Epidemic, E.Coli, E.coli Outbreak, Epidemic, E. Coli, Disease Outbreak, Green News

NEW YORK -- After a few people turned up dead, officials sprang into action -- interviewing the next of kin, identifying suspects and pursuing leads. ...

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