Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts
Sunday, July 21, 2013

6.5 Quake Rocks New Zealand

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Map Credit USGS     # 7502 Overnight (EDT) a strong, shallow earthquake struck about 35 miles SSW of Wellington, New Zealand. ...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Anticipating The Flu Season Down Under

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  The red band signifies the tropics, which has no distinct flu season.  Viruses circulate there, at a low level, year round. – Credit W...
Monday, October 08, 2012

Diary From The HMNZ Tahiti During The 1918 Pandemic

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Troop Ship Tahiti in Wellington Harbor, circa 1918-19  Unknown Photographer   # 6617   For years historians, epidemiologists, and...
Thursday, July 19, 2012

The 2012 Flu Season Down Under

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The red band signifies the tropics, which has no distinct flu season.  Viruses circulate there, at a low level, year round. – Credit Wikip...
Monday, February 20, 2012

Lancet: Increasing Incidence Of Infectious Diseases In New Zealand

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    # 6158     Forty-three years ago (1969), Surgeon General of the United States William H. Stewart , famously (and as it turned ...
Sunday, February 12, 2012

New Zealand : Airline Passengers Quarantined

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      # 6136   On an otherwise quiet Sunday afternoon here in the states, news wires are carrying reports of a Boeing 777-200 inbo...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

A Feverish Debate

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      # 5687   Photo Credit –CDC PHIL   A topic I’ve written about several times in the past is back in the news again; the ...
Monday, June 13, 2011

5.5 & 6.0 Aftershocks Strike Christchurch

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    # 5623   An Active Ring of Fire Original Map – USGS   Overnight here in the USA, and early afternoon local time (1pm ...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

NZ: Aftershocks, Rescue Attempts, Casualties, And The Mounting Toll

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    # 5331     Damage reports continue to come in from quake stricken Christchurch overnight as rescuers sift through pancaked ...
Monday, February 21, 2011

NZ: 6.3 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Christchurch

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UPDATED 3rd Time  2120Hrs EST     USGS   Latest Earthquakes in the World - Past 7 days Main earthquake & two strong aftershock...
Thursday, August 19, 2010

NZ: The H1N1 Beat Goes On

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      # 4820   Although no longer considered a pandemic by the World Health Organization , novel H1N1 hasn’t gone away.    ...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

NZ And Australia Seeing Increase In Flu-Like Illnesses

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    # 4744     After a very slow start this summer, there are indications that the levels of flu-like illness in parts of New Zea...
Thursday, July 01, 2010

NZ Influenza Surveillance: Week 25

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    # 4689   Since influenza activity usually dwindles during the summer months in the northern hemisphere ( excluding the tropics )...
Friday, June 04, 2010

New Zealand Seroprevalence Study On H1N1

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    # 4622     Last November it was announced that New Zealand would conduct a major seroprevalence study of their population to s...