Jun 19, 2013

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Jun 18, 2013

Ongoing Struggle with Meningitis W135 in Chile

By Michael Close

On June 13, 2013, the Ministry of Health of Chile confirmed yet another case of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 in a child from the Metropolitan Region. The child is the latest victim of the...

Chile, meningitis, W135, Meningococcal disease, vaccine, vaccination

Apr 25, 2013

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Measles Cases and Free Vaccines in North Carolina

By Anna Tomasulo

Los Angeles is not the only county offering free vaccines recently - Randolph County Health Department just announced that it is offering free measles vaccines this week due to eight cases that...

measles, North Carolina, vaccine, vaccination, MMR, wales

Apr 3, 2013

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Measles Kills 400 People a Day—But Costs Less Than a Buck to Avoid

By Katharina Schwan

There’s a dangerous virus spreading through Europe, Africa, and North America. This virus can lead to serious complications such as permanent hearing loss, brain damage, and even death. Would you...

measles, vaccination, children, child health, vaccine, MMR

Mar 27, 2013

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Measles Outbreak Spreading at "Alarming Rate" in Wales

By Sumiko Mekaru

This week, Public Health Wales warned the measles epidemic in southwest Wales was growing at an "alarming rate" with 432 cases and 51 hospitalizations. The outbreak shows no signs of fading and...

measles, wales, vaccination, vaccine uptake, outbreak, Europe

Mar 22, 2013

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Meningitis Outbreak Prompts Change in Vaccine Recommendations

By Katharina Schwan

In 2012, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) calculated a troubling statistic: the rate of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in men who have sex with men (MSM) was...

meningitis, new york city, MSM, men, vaccine, vaccination

Feb 11, 2013

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At Least Nine Polio Workers Killed in Nigeria

By David Scales

On Friday, Feb. 8, at least nine young women working on a polio vaccination campaign were targeted and killed by gunmen in two separate incidents in Kano, the regional capital of Northern Nigeria....

Nigeria, polio, Pakistan, Taliban, Boko Haram, vaccine, vaccination, eradication

Jan 22, 2013

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Poliovirus Found in Cairo, Egypt

By Anna Tomasulo

According to the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, wild poliovirus has been detected from two Cairo sewage samples. The strain detected is related to poliovirus type 1, originally found in...

polio, Egypt, Pakistan, vaccine, vaccination

Dec 20, 2012

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Measles Outbreak Infects 37 More in Nigeria

By Lauren Edmundson

Thirty-seven more cases of measles have been identified in an outbreak in Kebbi state, Nigeria. Of the over 250 cases recorded so far, seven children have died from the disease in the past two...

measles, Nigeria, vaccination, MMR

Oct 12, 2012

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Pakistan: Brain-eating Amoeba & Vaccination Against Childhood Pneumonia

By Adham Abdel Mottalib

A rare and fatal brain-eating infection killed 10 people in Karachi, Pakistan this year. This waterborne species of amoeba causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a severe infection...

Pakistan, PAM, Naegleria Fowleri, pneumonia, vaccination, child vaccinations

Sep 13, 2012

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Ethnic Disparities in Flu Vaccine Coverage

By Katharina Schwan

Vaccine uptake has been a front-page issue over the past year, given the epidemic levels of whooping cough in some U.S. states and the upsurge of measles cases in Europe that first caused a public...

vaccine, flu, vaccination, measles, pertussis, Canada

Sep 7, 2012

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Lenient Standards Lead to More Medical Exemptions From Vaccines in Kindergartners

By Robyn Correll Carlyle

In states where medical exemptions for school vaccinations are easier to get, exemption rates are higher, according to a new study published late last month in the Journal of Infectious Diseases...

vaccine, vaccination, immunization, exemption

Jul 25, 2012

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United States Faces Twice as Many Pertussis Cases as Last Year

By Lauren Edmundson

New statistics show that the United States is in the midst of the worst outbreak of pertussis, or whooping cough, in fifty years. Case reports have doubled between 2011 and 2012, with nearly 18,...

pertussis, whooping cough, vaccination, tdap, dtap

Jun 20, 2012

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Number of Parents Altering Vaccine Schedules on the Rise

By Lauren Edmundson

A new report published in the journal Pediatrics shows that the number of parents delaying or limiting their children’s vaccinations more than tripled from 2006 to 2009. However, only a small...

vaccination, vaccination schedule, child vaccinations, CDC, measles

Jun 14, 2012

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Measles Outbreak in Ukraine Coincides With UEFA EURO 2012

By Catherine Stecyk

The number of reported measles cases in Ukraine has increased over the past several months, with an especially high concentration of cases in western Ukraine. As of June 13, over 10,386 individuals...

measles, Ukraine, Euro 2012, Football, vaccination

Feb 9, 2012

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Yellow Fever Outbreaks in Cameroon and Ghana Prompt Vaccination Campaigns

By Katharina Schwan

Northern Cameroon reported 23 cases of yellow fever in six districts since October. Seven patients have passed away. In an effort to curb the spread of the virus, the GAVI Alliance, UN Central...

yellow fever, Cameroon, ghana, vaccination

Oct 27, 2011

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Largest U.S. Outbreak of Measles in 15 Years

By Jane Huston

At the annual Infectious Diseases Society of America conference, held last week in Boston, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the United States is in the midst of the...

measles, vaccination, outbreak

Sep 12, 2011

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PLoS blog features HealthMap team’s article on "Failed vaccination campaigns" as global issue

By Anna Tomasulo

In July 2011 The Guardian (UK) explored the Central Intelligence Agency’s fake vaccine campaign, which rolled out in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in an attempt to acquire DNA from Osama Bin Laden’s...

vaccination, CIA, polio, smallpox

Sep 9, 2011

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Imported Poliovirus Leaves 1 Dead in Xinjiang, China

By Glory Song

On August 31st, we reported that four children were diagnosed with polio in Xinjiang, China, a country that had been polio-free for eleven years. Since, five additional cases have been reported in...

wild polio virus, China, vaccination

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