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Zika- glaucoma link demonstrated in Yale study

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A team of researchers in Brazil and at the Yale School of Public Health has published the first report demonstrating that the Zika virus can cause glaucoma in infants who were exposed to the virus during...

Alaska: Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections in Fairbanks and Anchorage

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The Alaska Section of Epidemiology is working in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Arctic Investigations Program and the Municipality of Anchorage on characterizing...

Washington: Nine confirmed or probable mumps cases reported in Auburn area

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Public Health – Seattle & King County has reported nine confirmed or probable mumps cases in King County, all in the Auburn area, with an additional five cases being investigated. Eight of the...

University of Arkansas reports two mumps cases

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While Arkansas has seen the most mumps cases of any state this year (1652), most being reported in the northwest corner of the state, only a handful of cases have been linked to Arkansas colleges and universities...

University of Missouri mumps outbreak tops 100

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The mumps outbreak continues at the University of Missouri as the school’s Student Health Center puts the total confirmed and probable mumps cases at 128 through Nov. 30. The Health Center says...

SUNY New Paltz mumps outbreak increases by a dozen

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In a follow-up to the mumps outbreak at the State University of New York at New Paltz (SUNY New Paltz) in Ulster County, NY, school health officials have reported an additional 12 confirmed cases in the...

Arkansas mumps outbreak rises, ‘Strain may have evolved enough to surmount the vaccine’

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The number of mumps cases reported in Arkansas continues to grow as health officials today put the provisional total case count (suspected and lab confirmed) at 1,652. The Arkansas Department of Health...

Karachi woman dies from Naegleria fowleri

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In 2015, fourteen people died from primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) due to the protozoan parasite, Naegleria fowleri, in Sindh province. Officials today reported a Naegleria fowleri death in...

MERS vaccine progress published in recent study

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New York Blood Center (NYBC) today announced groundbreaking findings toward the development of vaccines for the prevention of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection. The findings...

Diphtheria cases rise in Venezuela: More than 200 cases according to report

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The Venezuelan Society of Public Health and the National Epidemiological Defence Network issued their sixth alert concerning diphtheria this week and now reports the disease is present in six Venezuelan...