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December 24, 2014
Holiday Travel? Get Vaccinated First, or Bring Home Something Unexpected
Happy holidays, constant readers. If you’re like many people, you may be preparing to take a trip, maybe for a break from winter, maybe just to see family. As you’re getting ready, making sure to decant the toiletries and pack the presents unwrapped, here’s one thing not to forget: your vaccinations. Really, this is important. […]
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December 15, 2014
The Coming Cost of Superbugs: 10 Million Deaths Per Year
A project commissioned by the British government gives the estimated costs of antibiotic resistance: 10 million deaths per year, $100 trillion lost global GDP.
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December 4, 2014
Hoping to Change the Industry, a Factory Farmer Opens His Barn Doors
A factory farmer takes the extraordinary step of opening his barn to an animal-welfare activist, and they vow to work together for change.
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December 3, 2014
New Analysis Says FDA Farm Antibiotic Reduction Won’t Work As Planned
A just-published analysis says pharma companies are evading the FDA's hoped-for curbs on antibiotic use in meat production.
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November 19, 2014
To Slow Down Drug Resistance in Health Care, Buy an Antibiotic-Free Turkey for Thanksgiving
How can an average person slow down the advance of antibiotic resistance? A healthcare coalition asks you to buy an antibiotic-free Thanksgiving turkey.
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November 13, 2014
Ebola Here and There: Knowing When It Is And Isn’t Over
The US is now Ebola-free, but the disease continues to flourish in Africa — and the track of one new outbreak shows how complicated tracking it has become.
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November 4, 2014
African Scientist: African Corruption Made Ebola Worse
Oyewale Tomori, president of the Nigerian Academy of Science, says Ebola has been worsened by an epidemic of misspent resources.
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October 27, 2014
The Grim Future if Ebola Goes Global
The biggest danger of Ebola is letting it spread unchecked in Africa. If we decide to detain people coming from Africa, it could deter health care workers from going there to treat the epidemic.
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October 22, 2014
Ebolanoia: The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Ebola Fear Itself
The Ebola epidemic in Africa looks likely to continue for months more, and it's possible that another traveler might make it to the United States, either covertly or innocently. If so, let's try to keep our Ebolanoia under control.
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October 13, 2014
What Would Keep Ebola from Spreading in the US? Investing in Simple Research Years Ago.
Attention to mundane details is crucial to controlling the spread of an infectious disease.
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