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Vaccine hesitancy, social media and a federal role in vaccines?

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Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the Ten threats to global health in 2019 and among the ten is vaccine hesitancy. WHO states: Vaccine hesitancy – the reluctance or refusal...

Infectious disease bric-a-bracs: Ebola survivors in Liberia, Staph infections

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Here is a look at some interesting infectious disease and health news, opinion and research reported across the globe: Study finds Ebola survivors in Liberia face ongoing health issues Survivors of Ebola...

Resurgence of vector-borne diseases in Venezuela, Gottlieb says states will ‘ force the hand of the federal health agencies’ to enforce vaccines

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On Sunday’s Outbreak News This Week Radio Show, I take a look at the new review in the Lancet Infectious Diseases concerning the resurgence of vector-borne diseases and the implications for spillover...

Infectious disease bric-a-bracs: Papua New Guinea polio, Ebola vaccine for pregnant women

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Here is a look at some interesting infectious disease and health news, opinion and research reported across the globe: Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 – Papua New Guinea On 26 June 2018,...

Romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak over, Understanding the outbreak

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Thursday that the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to romaine lettuce is over. According to the Food and Drug Adminitsration (FDA), the...

FDA announces the destruction and recall of kratom dietary supplements

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the voluntary destruction and recall of a large volume of kratom-containing dietary supplements manufactured and distributed nationwide under the brand...

Endo Pharmaceuticals asked to remove Opana ER from the market

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On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requested that Endo Pharmaceuticals remove its opioid pain medication, reformulated Opana ER (oxymorphone hydrochloride), from the market. After careful...

Dr. Scott Gottlieb: The nation’s opioid crisis is a “public health emergency on the order of Ebola and Zika”

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Scott Gottlieb, the physician and entrepreneur who is President Trump’s nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, told senators Wednesday that the nation’s opioid crisis is a “public...