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Jan 30 2012
Provincial sexually transmitted infections drop
Alberta's sexually transmitted infection rate decreased for the first time since 2004...
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Jan 27 2012
Olympics pose 'substantial' risk to world health
Mass gatherings like the London 2012 Olympics carry health risks that may threaten vulnerable people worldwide, public health experts say. ...
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Jan 19 2012
Norovirus shuts wards and unit at three Sussex hospitals
Wards at two hospitals have been shut and a unit at another has been closed to new admissions following an outbreak of the winter vomiting virus...
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Jan 19 2012
Indian TB cases 'can't be cured'
Tuberculosis which appears to be totally resistant to antibiotic treatment has been reported for the first time by Indian doctors...
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Jan 6 2012
Smartphone App Diagnoses Malaria From Drop Of Blood
The Lifelens’ Smartphone app has been more than 94% accurate in the tests they have run...
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Jan 4 2012
Travel, rare chicken, environmental exposure may raise Campylobacter risk
Identifying the most important sources of human disease is essential for prioritizing food safety interventions and setting public health goals...
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Jan 4 2012
Timeliness of contact tracing among flight passengers for influenza A/H1N1 2009
This study evaluates the timeliness of flight-contact tracing (CT) as performed following national and international CT requests addressed to the CDC (CIb/RIVM)...
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Jan 4 2012
Statistiques d'analyses du Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec
In French only...
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Dec 22 2011
Avian Influenza
Hong Kong government said Wed [21 Dec 2011] that more than 17 000 chickens were being culled at a poultry market after a chicken carcass tested positive for avian flu...
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Dec 20 2011
Surveillance of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance
Following 15 years of intensive effort, high-quality surveillance data on anti-TB drug resistance are available for two thirds of all countries in the world. These data show where MDR-TB rates...