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Polio vaccination: Pakistan starts last ‘door-to-door’ campaign of 2018

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Closest ever to its goal of stopping Polio virus circulation, Pakistan starts the last nationwide door to door Polio vaccination campaign of the year from 10th December. During these days, over 270,000...

Libya launches measles, rubella and polio vaccination campaign

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The National Campaign for Vaccination against Measles, Rubella and Polio, in addition to vitamin A dose has been launched in all areas of Libya Saturday. The campaign lasts for seven days until the 15th...

Africa: Djibouti’s mass polio vaccination campaign

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According to the World Health Organization, early analysis of campaign data points to a successful vaccination round in a polio-free country at risk of possible importation. In the last week of October,...

Illinois: Health officials encourage hepatitis A vaccination for high risk individuals

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The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has received confirmation of five hepatitis A cases in east-central Illinois during November.  On average there are 70 cases of hepatitis A reported in...

University of Hawaii researchers develop a Zika vaccine candidate

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Researchers at the University of Hawaii medical school have successfully developed a vaccine candidate for the Zika virus, showing that it is effective in protecting both mice and monkeys from the infection. Demonstrating...

Oxford vaccine center to tackle Ebola and Lassa fever

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Ebola and Lassa fever are among the deadly diseases to be tackled in a pioneering new UK vaccine centre, Business Secretary Greg Clark announced this weekend. Based in Oxford, the Vaccines Manufacturing...

Florida issues hepatitis A health advisory: Increases reported in Tampa and Orlando areas

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Florida state health officials have issued a health advisory due to an significant increase of hepatitis A cases reported in 2018. Since January 2018, 385 cases of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection have...

Outbreak News This Week Radio Show 12-2-18

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On today’s show I look at two topics that are big–one in Africa and one here in the United States–and that’s the Ebola outbreak in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic...

Madagascar: CDC issues travel notice due to measles outbreak

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a travel advisory for Madagascar due to a large measles outbreak on the island country. Since the first measles cases were reported in the...

Measles update: Brooklyn and Rockland County

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Rockland County According to the Rockland County Health Department, 87 confirmed reported cases of measles have been reported in Rockland County as of Nov. 30. These cases are presently clustered in...