Enrique Rivero-
Ucla researchers, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the CDC, discovered a link between internet searches and tweets concerning sexual risk behavior and the resulting syphilis outbreak trends. Researchers found that the model using AI to analyze the…
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Jenny Walrond-
Researchers at University of Exeter Medical School and Centre for Ecology and Hydrology discovered that people that swim in the sea are 77% more likely to suffer from an earache and 29% more likely to suffer from gastrointestinal illnesses, compared to other individuals that do not…
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Donald G. McNeil Jr.-
In 2016, the number of reported cases of measles was a low 5,273. However, in 2017, this number quadrupled to 21,315 total cases. Romania had the largest number of cases in Europe, 5,562, and the highest number of disease related deaths. Italy followed as the…
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Residents of Yemen are suffering a staggering humanitarian crises driven by a fierce civil war. Many Yemenis are starving as a direct result of the war, which has inflated food prices, leaving most unable to afford the supplies. Destroyed infrastructure has left many without clean drinking water and…
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Venezuela’s hyperinflation is jaw-dropping. Malaria cases soared to 240,000 in 2016, a 76% increase over 2015, according to a rare release in May of records from the health ministry. Deivis Perez, 14-year old boy, contracted a deadly bacterial infection called sepsis at a children’s hospital in…
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As October 7, the CDC has received reports of 4,667 total mumps infections in 47 states and the District of Columbia for the year. The MMR vaccine is 88% effective when two doses have been given. In people who receive just one shot, the vaccine is less effective. The effectiveness of the vaccine…
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Sarah Larimer-Washington Post
Three colleges in the DC area have reported cases of mumps, a contagious disease spread easily through saliva or coughing/sneezing. Currently, there are four reported cases at Catholic University, two confirmed cases at Georgetown University, and two confirmed cases…
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