On the latest Outbreak News This Week, I look at news from Florida and then expand to national and international news, and a little research.
The Florida hepatitis A outbreak keeps adding up and we look at the latest on that. I also look at research that lists the 25 counties most at risk for a measles outbreak and our own Hillsborough County made that list.
I touch on a recent Publix recall and some mosquito control news out of South Florida.
University of Florida researchers developed new global anthrax maps and I take a look at that.
Internationally, I look at the rat hepatitis E virus cases reported in Hong Kong and the measles situation in the Philippines.
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Nationally, the Kentucky teen who refused to get vaccinated and sued the health department, contracted chickenpox (and you’ll love what his lawyer said!) and an anti-vaxxer conference was held in Rockland County, NY.
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Show notes:
Hepatitis A in Tampa Bay restaurants
Measles resurgence in the USA: how international travel compounds vaccine resistance
Biltmore Smoked Sockeye Salmon Product Recall
CHP investigates cases of human infection of rat Hepatitis E virus
Unvaccinated Northern Kentucky student in chickenpox case comes down with the illness
Despite Measles Warnings, Anti-Vaccine Rally Draws Hundreds of Ultra-Orthodox Jews
The Outbreak News This Week Radio Show, the first and only radio program dedicated to infectious disease and health news and information, airs every Sunday at 1 pm ET in the Tampa Bay area on AM 1380 The Biz and online at http://1380thebiz.com/
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