Showing posts with label Schools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Schools. Show all posts
Monday, April 28, 2014

Saudi Schools Prepare For MERS

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  # 8542   Perhaps since it has been primarily perceived as a disease that affects older men, the Ministry of Education In Saudi Ar...
Friday, August 27, 2010

Hong Kong Braces For Back-To-School Flu Surge

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      # 4838     Although this report is from Hong Kong, the same concerns are likely to emerge in other parts of the northern h...
Saturday, May 08, 2010

Study: Student Behavior During Pandemic School Closings

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      # 4555     One of the commonly cited concerns over closing schools during a pandemic has been the assertion that students ...
Friday, November 27, 2009

Study: Effect Of School Closures On Viral Transmission

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    # 4087     You don’t have to be an epidemiologist to know that schools are hotbeds of respiratory illness each winter, and tha...
Sunday, November 08, 2009

Afghanistan Closes Schools Due To H1N1

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  # 3974     Six days ago Afghanistan declared the pandemic to be an emergency (see Afghanistan Declares H1N1 Emergency ), war...
Friday, November 06, 2009

Two Reports Out Of Russia

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    # 3964   As the H1N1 virus continues its fall and winter march across the Northern Hemisphere, reports of its impact are startin...
Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Germicidal Maniacs

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    # 3809     There are certainly times, and circumstances, where it makes a lot of sense to disinfect surfaces to try to limit t...
Sunday, September 20, 2009

A Darwin Award Nomination

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  # 3758   Note: I don’t usually rant in this blog, but today, I make an exception.     While it may not bode particularly w...

The Readymoms College Flu Kit

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    # 3757     Last year I had the opportunity to speak to hundreds of College Health Professionals at the 2008 ACHA ( American C...
Thursday, September 17, 2009

Egypt Closes Schools Due To Flu Fears

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    # 3743     Over the past few days the Egyptian government has been ordering the closure of some foreign schools and Universiti...
Friday, September 11, 2009

WHO Pandemic Briefing Note 10

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    # 3719   The World Health Organization has released their 10th Pandemic briefing note, this time addressing the plusses and minu...