Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts
Thursday, October 23, 2014

NYC Health Dept Statement On Symptomatic HCW From Guinea

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  UPDATED:  Added a statement from Doctors without Borders (MSF).  16:50 hrs EDT   # 9240   Normally I don’t report on susp...
Sunday, February 16, 2014

The Global Reach Of Infectious Disease

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Photo Credit- CDC   # 8303   This week we’ve seen two of the world’s most prestigious public health organizations ( CDC & W...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

WHO International Travel & Health Update On Avian Influenza

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  Credit WHO   # 8210   With the recent importation of a human case of H5N1 to Canada (see CDC HAN Advisory On Canadian H5N1 Case ...
Wednesday, October 09, 2013

FDA & CDC Warn On Weight Loss Supplement

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  # 7846     There is an erroneous belief that whatever over-the-counter (OTC) medicines and supplements may lack in effectiv...
Wednesday, February 06, 2013

Indiana Reports Rare Typhoid Infection

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  Photo Credit NHS     # 6910     Somewhat synchronistically, It was just a week ago that I briefly mentioned the infamous an...
Friday, January 11, 2013

Disaster’s Hidden Toll

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    + Credit NHK News – Fukushima evacuation zone March 2011   # 6846   With our short attention span, and the news media’s pro...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

PLoS One: Influenza Viral Shedding & Asymptomatic Infections

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Photo Credit PHIL (Public Health Image Library)   # 6776     Despite major advances in the study of influenza viruses, there...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Early Flu Cases Begin To Emerge

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  Photo Credit CDC Influenza Home Care Guide # 6745   While it may not tell us a lot about how the rest of the 2012-2013 flu seaso...
Sunday, November 25, 2012

Hong Kong’s Coronavirus Response

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Coronavirus – Credit CDC PHIL # 6738   No city experienced a greater impact from the SARS epidemic a decade ago than did Hong K...
Monday, October 22, 2012

Studies Weigh In On The `Obesity Paradox’

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  Photo Credit CDC PHIL     # 6651   While just about everyone will concede that being lean and athletic is preferable to bei...
Sunday, October 07, 2012

Dozens Of Ways To Spell `I-L-I’

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  Credit CDC   # 6613 ILI s  . . .  or  Influenza-like Illnesses  . . . are among the most common reasons for doctor’s visits...