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Confirmed monkeypox case in North America

Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are collaborating with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to investigate a case of monkeypox in a Massachusetts resident who had recently...

23 May, 2022

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Why US-Universities Battle Meningitis Outbreaks

The CDC issued a health warning on April 9, 2022 about an outbreak of meningococcal disease in Florida. Multiple meningococcal disease cases in college students had been reported in the state of Florida over the last...

18 April, 2022

4 min read

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Syphilis is resurging in the United States: once on the brink of eradication, now raging again

The Covid-19 pandemic has understandably dominated the news cycle for almost 2 years now. As we hopefully get past the Omicron variant, it’s important not to lose sight of the currently over 7 million infections with...

21 February, 2022

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FDA approves the first vaccine to prevent meningococcal disease in infants and toddlers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the use of Menactra

27 April, 2011

2 min read