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From public health vaccination schedules to benefit all to individual shopping list: The implications of Shared Decision Making (SDM)

“Shared decision‑making” sounds benign, even progressive. Who would object to clinicians and families talking through risks and benefits together? Yet as it is currently being applied to vaccination, “shared...

3 February, 2026

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Measles outbreak in Sudan

Azhary A, Hajhamed NM, Osman Ali ET, Muvunyi CM, Siddig EE. Resurgent multistate measles outbreak in Sudan amidst conflict: Urgent need for vaccination and international support. Int J Infect Dis. 2025. doi:10.1016/j...

16 September, 2025

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Outbreak of the Marburg virus reported in Kagera Region, Tanzania – a recurring problem

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced a suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in Tanzania’s Kagera region. This area, which has previously faced a similar outbreak, is now grappling with nine suspected...

16 January, 2025

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Unraveling West Nile Virus: Immune vulnerabilities and the search for better prevention

The U.S. is currently grappling with another outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV), a mosquito-borne illness that has become the leading cause of epidemic encephalitis in the country. The Centers for Disease Control and...

9 October, 2024

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Everything you need to know about the mpox outbreak

The World Health Organization has declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern – a new variant of the virus has caused an outbreak in Central and West Africa and spread to Sweden The World Health...

19 August, 2024

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Nicaragua study contradicts long-held belief about dengue immunity

As one of the tropical world’s most pernicious pathogens, the dengue virus is responsible for millions of infections and thousands of deaths each year. Now, researchers have made new discoveries about dengue...

22 November, 2023

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Equatorial Guinea confirms first Marburg virus disease outbreak

Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious and deadly disease similar to Ebola, following the deaths of at least nine people, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on...

15 February, 2023

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Experimental vaccine for deadly Marbug virus guards against infection with just a single dose

An experimental vaccine for Marburg virus—a deadly cousin of the infectious agent that causes Ebola—can protect large animals from severe infections for up to a year with a single shot, scientists have found in a new...

28 January, 2023

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Uganda declares Ebola Virus Disease outbreak

The health authorities in Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of the Sudan ebolavirus was confirmed in Mubende district in the central part of the country. The Uganda Virus Research Institute confirmed the...

21 September, 2022

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New York detects vaccine-derived polio case

Health officials in New York announced a vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 case, which involves a person in Rockland County, prompting a vaccination push for the unimmunized and those who aren’t fully protected...

22 July, 2022

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