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Covering Pandemic and Seasonal Flu, Emerging Infectious Diseases, public health, community & Individual preparedness. NOTE: All AFD blogs are written by a human - any mistakes are solely mine.

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Sunday, July 20, 2014

EID Journal: Respiratory Viruses & Bacteria Among Pilgrims During The 2013 Hajj

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Credit Wikipedia # 8852 While MERS cases have thankfully declined over the summer months, there remain concerns that it may r...

Friday, June 06, 2014

The ECDC Risk Assessment On Brazil’s FIFA World Cup

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Cites Hosting FIFA Cup & July Temps – Credit ECDC # 8713 Each year there are multiple mass gatherings which could concei...

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

MERS, Mass Gatherings & Public Health

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Credit Wikipedia # 7302 In Saudi Arabia, religious tourism – most notably Umrah , which runs from December to the end of R...

Friday, October 12, 2012

Eurosurveillance: Hajj Health Hazards & Recommendations

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Credit Wikipedia # 6627 While no new cases of the novel coronavirus have been detected beyond the first two from Sau...

Friday, June 08, 2012

How The ECDC Will Spend Your Summer Vacation

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# 6374 This summer there will be three high profile, well-attended public events in Europe; The London Olympics and Para-Olym...

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Lancet: Mass Gatherings And Health

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# 6079 Whenever there is a mass gathering ( or migration ) of people, the thoughts of public health officials inevitably tu...

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