H3N2 Influenza outbreak among vaccinated sailors

On: October 24, 2014

In: Avian Flu, Emerging Diseases, Pestilence & Disease

[T]his week’s MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) from the CDC included a puzzling report concerning a US Naval minesweeper. In February of this year, 25 sailors from the 102 member crew aboard the USS Ardent, an Avenger class minesweeper, began to complain of fever, chills, and cough. Doctors conductedContinue Reading

What’s in the Needle #2: Rabies and Ebola Combined

By: Sharon

On: October 23, 2014

In: Ebola, Emerging Diseases

[Y]ou might wonder whether or not I’ve added rabies just to put a ‘scare’ in my readers, but the truth is that the DoD, the NIH, NIAID, and Thomas Jefferson University have teamed up to produce a genuine vaccine candidate built on the rabies vaccine. In a way, it makesContinue Reading

A New Twist to an Old Serpent? Ebola reinfection?

By: Sharon

On: October 23, 2014

In: Ebola, Emerging Diseases

[I]n my upcoming book on Ebola, I often refer to the virus as a ‘blood serpent’. This isn’t hyperbole or fear-raking on my part, it’s just an apt description of the virus’s appearance and predilection. It also reflects what I as a Christian who just happens to understand a bitContinue Reading

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