Saudi MOH Announces A New MERS Case In Riyadh

#10,950The Saudi MOH has announced  a new MERS case, this time in the capital of Riyadh involving a 43 year old expatriate male. This is the 8th case reported in 2016, and so far the authorities have not identified a known risk exposure. While camel (or camel product) exposure has figured prominently in most of the recently reported community acquired cases, over the...

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RESEP BATAGOR BANDUNG TAHU BAKSO IKAN GORENG

RESEP BATAGOR BANDUNGBatagor adalah bakso tahu goreng, merupakan jajanan Bandung populer yang biasa disajikan bersama lumuran saus kacang sebagai khas bumbu batagor (batagor kering) atau disiram dengan kuah (batagor kuah). Resep batagor Bandung akan terasa lebih enak dan spesial gurih dengan ikan tenggiri sebagai bahan batagor yang dicampur dengan tepung kanji. Selain batagor...

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EID Journal: Zika's Evolution And Spread To The Western Hemisphere

Credit ECDCCurrently selectedPress releasesEpidemiological updatesScientific advancesPublic health developmentsEventsPhoto libraryECDC TVAudioMedia contactCommunication toolkits Epidemiological update- See more at: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/press/news/_layouts/forms/News_DispForm.aspx?ID=1350&List=8db7286c-fe2d-476c-9133-18ff4cb1b568&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fecdc%2Eeuropa%2Eeu%2Fen%2FPages%2Fhome%2Easpx#sthash.GNv94r0o.dpufECurrently...

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Pondering The Great Zika Unknowns

PAHO - Zika Spread Epi Week 4#10,948It is practically an axiom of infectious disease blogging that the first details you get on any emerging disease outbreak are nearly always wrong, or at least misleading. Rarely are all of the pieces to the puzzle immediately available, and the media's narrative is often geared more to boosting circulation than presenting the facts.As a...

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CDC Guidance For People Exposed To Birds Carrying Avian Flu Viruses

CREDIT CDC Avian Flu#10,947With so many new and emerging avian flu viruses popping up in poultry and wild birds, both in the United States and around the world, I suppose it was only a matter of time before a new term would appear describing them: Avian Influenza Viruses Of Public Health Concern. The list, which started off with H5N1, and a couple of H7 viruses, has grown...

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UK PHE Warns On Potential Sexual Transmission Of Zika

#10,946There is a great deal we still don't know about the Zika virus, but given its suspected link to profound birth defects, public health agencies around the globe are faced with a difficult decision:Do you wait for irrefutable proof of harm, or do you warn people based on the available (and often anecdotal) evidence, in hopes of preventing needless tragedies? Given the...

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CDC-NIAID Telebriefing: Zika 101 Transcript & HHS Blog

Mosquito Bite Prevention for the United States PDF#10,945Amid the whirlwind of Zika related public health announcements yesterday (see WHO To Convene IHR Emergency Committee Meeting On Zika &  WHO Zika Media Briefing Audio Recording) the CDC held telebriefing of their own called ZIKA 101, featuring NIAID Director Dr Tony Fauci and the CDC's Principal Deputy Director...

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