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Polio becomes 'public health emergency' in Pakistan as number of cases soars - 1 views

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Polio virus

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    As world health officials struggle to respond to the Ebola epidemic, Pakistan has passed a grim milestone in its efforts to combat another major global health crisis: the fight against polio. Over the weekend, Pakistan logged its 200th new polio case of 2014, the nation's highest transmission rate in more than a dozen years.
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CIA 'ends use of vaccine programmes' - 3 views

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Vaccine

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    The CIA has ended the use of vaccine programmes in its spying operations amid concerns for the safety of health workers, the White House has said. In a letter to US public health schools, a White House aide said the CIA stopped such practices in August.
Austin Gallaher

Pulmonary tuberculosis - PubMed Health - 0 views

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9E TB tuberculosis creepy

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    Site about TB, got pretty much everything. Including who it affects and what the symptoms are.
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Mapping the Spread of Ebola -- National Geographic - 1 views

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ebola virus

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    Since March, the Ebola virus outbreak has infected 5,864 people and caused 2,811 deaths in West Africa. With no proven treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO) is scrambling to halt an epidemic its officials say is unparalleled in severity, complexity, and scale-which is likely underreported.
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Cholera in Haiti: One Year Later - 2 views

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Cholera

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    On October 19, 2010, ten months after the catastrophic January 2010 earthquake in Haiti that killed over 200,000 people and displaced over 1 million, the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) was notified of a sudden increase in patients presenting with watery diarrhea and dehydration in the Artibonite and Centre Departments.
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HealthMap | Global Health, Local Knowledge - 2 views

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disease

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    map of infectious diseases
anonymous

Tuberculosis (TB) - 1 views

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TB Tuberculosis 9E

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    Tuberculosis is a bacterial disease usually affecting the lungs (pulmonary TB)....The simplest Definition I could find.
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Madagascar plague outbreak kills 40 - 3 views

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Plague

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    An outbreak of plague in Madagascar has killed 40 people and infected almost 80 others, the World Health Organization has said. The WHO warned of the danger of a "rapid spread" of the disease in the capital, Antananarivo. The situation is worsened by high levels of resistance among fleas to a leading insecticide, the WHO added.
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Polio and Prevention - 1 views

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Polio vaccine

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    The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a public-private partnership led by national governments and spearheaded by the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Its goal is to eradicate polio worldwide.
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Who is to blame for Wales measles outbreak? - Telegraph - 2 views

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measles

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    It's a long way from Austin, Texas to Swansea, but who would bet against British former doctor Andrew Wakefield, now domiciled in the US, reading with some curiosity about the current measles outbreak in parts of south and west Wales?
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Welsh measles report calls for tougher measures to halt outbreaks - 1 views

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Measles vaccine

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    Public health chiefs are planning to get tougher on families who refuse or forget to get their children properly vaccinated against measles, by saying close contacts of probable cases should routinely face temporary exclusion from schools and childcare if they have not had their MMR jabs.
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Ebola region faces UK travel ban - 1 views

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Ebola vaccine

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    The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office says all travel to Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia should be avoided - unless essential, due to the Ebola outbreak. British Airways has suspended flights to Sierra Leone and Liberia and other airlines are taking similar measures.
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WHO | Influenza (Seasonal) - 1 views

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Influenza virus

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    Key facts Influenza is an acute viral infection that spreads easily from person to person. Influenza circulates worldwide and can affect anybody in any age group. Influenza causes annual epidemics that peak during winter in temperate regions. Influenza is a serious public health problem that causes severe illnesses and deaths for higher risk populations.
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