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Whooping cough outbreaks: Why is pertussis on the rise in several countries?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoHealth Security Agency has reported more than 2,790 cases, including five that resulted in infant...
Study of deadly Australian Japanese encephalitis virus strain prompts push for new vaccine
Medical Xpress· 11 hours agoResearchers have conducted the first comprehensive two-year laboratory characterization of the rare sub-type of the mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) that caused an unprecedented ...
Dengue fever, once confined to the tropics, now threatens the U.S.
NBC Universal via AOL· 7 hours agoDengue is a viral fever spread through mosquito bites. It’s common in many tropical regions across...
GP on the frontline of 100-day cough epidemic shares urgent warning
Daily Express· 13 hours agoA doctor who worked on the frontline of a deadly epidemic has issued an urgent plea as cases of the...
Nationwide, 92M birds have been affected by bird flu. Here's what to know in Missouri
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoWhen an outbreak occurs in poultry, the infected flocks are culled. Nearby flocks are watched and...
Expert reaction: Bird flu outbreak in Victoria and WA
Cosmos· 4 days agoBird flu hit the headlines this week, with Victoria’s health and agricultural departments announcing...
Photos: Africa’s cholera crisis is worse than ever
Al Jazeera· 5 days agoThe storms, floods and drought also leave another deadly threat behind: some of the continent’s worst outbreaks of cholera. In Southern and East Africa,...
Why are our leaders arguing for measles outbreaks?
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoMeasles can do a lot more than give a child a rash. It can start a 104 degree fever and cause eye-swelling. About 10% of kids who get measles get ear ...
Monitoring the H5N1 avian influenza, bird flu, outbreak
Medical Xpress· 1 day agoThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to actively monitor the ongoing outbreak of...
Bird Flu (H5N1) Explained: Study Suggests Drinking Infected Milk Could Spread Disease
Forbes· 5 days agoHere’s the latest news about a global outbreak of H5N1 bird flu that started in 2020, and recently...