Showing posts with label Respiratory Infections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Respiratory Infections. Show all posts
Saturday, September 06, 2014

Enterovirus D-68 (HEV-D68) Update

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States reporting suspected or confirmed HEV-D68     # 9045   Although lab confirmation is still awaited in some areas, the outb...
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...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Mackay: Putting Respiratory Viruses In Perspective

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  Credit VDU Blog – Dr Ian Mackay   #8618   While wait for the test results from the MERS exposed HCWs in Orlando ( and announce...
Sunday, January 19, 2014

Watching Egypt Again . . .

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  # 8186   Since the Arab Spring revolution of 2011 and the subsequent political turmoil, reporting on H5N1 out of Egypt has nea...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Referral: Mackay On Respiratory Viruses In Health Care Workers

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Photo Credit PHIL (Public Health Image Library) # 7607   A topic we’ve touched on a number of times before (see EID Journal: Nos...
Thursday, May 23, 2013

Dothan Respiratory Illness – No Unusual Pathogens

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  Dothan, Ala Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection # 7313   A story we’ve been following for a couple of days now (see here...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Alabama Health Alert Message On Respiratory Cluster

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Dothan, Ala Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection   UPDATED 14:45 hrs:   Lisa Schnirring at CIDRAP NEWS has just posted a repor...

Updating The Dothan, Alabama Respiratory Cluster Story

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  Dothan, Ala Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection   UPDATED -  See   Alabama Health Alert Message On Respiratory Cluster   ...
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...
Friday, March 16, 2012

CDC: Calvert County Flu Typical Seasonal H3N2 Strain

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    # 6228     Earlier this month three members of a family ( out of five who fell ill) died from a respiratory infection in C...
Friday, March 09, 2012

McKenna On MRSA Pneumonia Cluster In Maryland

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    Clumps of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Magnified 2390x . – Credit CDC PHIL # 6211   Author, journalist,...
Thursday, March 08, 2012

CIDRAP: MRSA Pneumonia Suspected In Calvert County Flu Cluster

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  Clumps of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus – Credit CDC PHIL # 6210     Although we haven’t seen any official up...
Wednesday, March 07, 2012

DHMH Update On Calvert County Flu Cases

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      # 6206   Maryland’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has issued a press release this afternoon confirming earlier me...

Calvert County: Health Department Update

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    Photo Credit- CCHD   # 6204   I’m impressed at how well the Calvert County Health Department has responded over the past...
Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Calvert County: Update On Fatal Cluster Of Respiratory Illness

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      # 6201   The Calvert County Health Department (CCHD) has posted a new update as of 8pm EST, March 6th on their website givi...

Calvert County Update

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  UPDATED: 1710hrs EST Mar 6th . According to WTOP news , in Washington D.C., the son  and daughter died from an influenza A infection (s...

Maryland: Conflicting Reports On Cluster of Respiratory Deaths

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Note: There are now several updates to this story ( here & here ), and future updates can be found by searching HERE .     ...
Monday, April 04, 2011

Study: Respiratory Viruses & Air Re-Circulation In Cars

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      # 5460     Two weeks ago a neighbor with a raging upper respiratory infection called me from the hospital Emergency Room a...