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Ebola in Africa and the U.S.: A Curation
Daliborlev (CC), Flickr I’ve stayed out of the Ebola news so far, for a couple of reasons. First, as longtime readers know, I’m writing a book; I’m in the last 6 months of it and the work is intense...
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CDC Director on Ebola: 'The Window of Opportunity Really Is Closing'
Daliborlev (CC), Flickr I said last month that I was going to try to stay out of Ebola news because so much is being written about it elsewhere. Since then, the African outbreak — now really an...
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Unseen Suburban Danger: Children Dying of Mosquito-Borne Diseases
James Jordan (CC), Flickr Every once in a while a scientific paper pops up in my stream that makes me think, not Cool, or Ick, but: Wow, I had no idea. I’ve just read one, published last month in...
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The Mathematics of Ebola Trigger Stark Warnings: Act Now or Regret It
Daliborlev (CC), Flickr The Ebola epidemic in Africa has continued to expand since I last wrote about it, and as of a week ago, has accounted for more than 4,200 cases and 2,200 deaths in five...
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Keys to Controlling Ebola in the US: Travel Records and Infection Control
Daliborlev (CC), Flickr If you’re at all interested in infectious diseases, you’ve probably heard by now that a person traveled to the United States while infected with Ebola, was diagnosed and is now...
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US Will Screen Air Passengers for Signs of Ebola. Will It Work?
Masked customs officers look on in a screening area for international passengers from United flight 998 from Brussels at Newark airport in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014. New Jersey health...
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What Would Keep Ebola from Spreading in the US? Investing in Simple Research...
Daliborlev (CC), Flickr There’s a thing you learn, when you’ve been writing about infectious diseases for a while: People love drama. They’re not so much with detail. Drama is H5N1 avian flu killing...
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Ebola Here and There: Knowing When It Is And Isn't Over
The European Commission’s DG ECHO team (CC), on Flickr It may have skipped your notice, but the United States is now Ebola-free. Dr. Craig Spencer was released from treatment in New York City Tuesday;...
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To Slow Down Drug Resistance in Health Care, Buy an Antibiotic-Free Turkey...
Organic turkey poults, Lance Cheung, USDA. USDA/Flickr I thought it might be time to switch away from Ebola and catch up with other disease problems that continue to occur in the world. (If you miss...
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Holiday Travel? Get Vaccinated First, or Bring Home Something Unexpected
Angelo DeSantis (CC), Flickr Happy holidays, constant readers. If you’re like many people, you may be preparing to take a trip, maybe for a break from winter, maybe just to see family. As you’re...
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