Eurosurveillance: B/Victoria Prevalence In Early New South Wales Flu Season

Photo Credit - CDC PHIL   #10,393   Because of the six months lead time required to produce and distribute a flu vaccine, twice each year the World Health Organization gathers together global influenza experts to decide on what stains to include in the next vaccine. Decisions on the vaccine being used right now in the Southern Hemisphere were made at the end of...

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RESEP PUDING SUSU MOZAIK NUTRIJELL WARNA WARNI

Resep puding susu mozaik nutrijell. Tampilan warna-warni dari puding susu yang enak dan sederhana kali ini tidak hanya enak disantap tetapi juga membuatnya cukup menarik. Secara praktis dalam membuat puding mozaik adalah dengan membagi adonan menjadi pecahan atau potongan yang berwarna-warni lalu digabungkan dalam sebuah puding. Sedangkan untuk variasi dan kreasinya bisa menggunakan...

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Saudi MOH Statement On MERS Family Cluster

  #10,392   For the past couple of weeks we’ve been following an extended outbreak of MERS in and around the Capital city of Riyadh. As of today, at least 13 cases have been confirmed by the Saudi Ministry of Health.    Although the information provided on the MOH website is fairly cryptic, it has been apparent that contacts of family members, and nosocomial...

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Eurosurveillance: Parotitis Associated With A Drifted A/H3N2 Infection

Credit Wikipedia # 10,391   Last February, amid concerns that the dominant seasonal H3N2 virus had drifted away from last winter’s vaccine (see CDC HAN Advisory On `Drifted’ H3N2 Seasonal Flu Virus), we began to hear of cases of Unusual Presentation Of Parotitis With Seasonal Influenza.   The classic cause of parotid swelling is the mumps virus, but other viruses...

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August Tropical Climatology & The Latest CSU Hurricane Forecast

  #10,390   As a resident of Florida for nearly 50 of my 61 years, I’m pretty used to casting a weather eye towards the tropics six months out of every year.  But while hurricane season runs from June 1st through the end of November, as the chart above illustrates, most of our tropical activity takes place between August 20th and October 20th.   As the...

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Updating NYC’s Legionnaire’s Outbreak

Legionella Bacteria - Photo Credit CDC PHIL   # 10,389   In a story we’ve been following for more than a week (see Monday’s Updating The NYC Legionella Outbreak), the number of Legionella infections reported in the South Bronx continues to rise, with the total nearing 100. As many people who contract this type of bacterial infection experience only minor symptoms,...

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Media Reports: H5N2 Poultry Outbreak – Sinaloa, Mexico

Sinaloa, MX   #10,388   This story has been percolating through the Spanish language press since yesterday afternoon, but thus far Mexico’s Agricultural Ministry (Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación; SAGARPA)  and National Health Service, Food Safety and Food Quality (SENASICA ) websites remain silent on the reports....

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