AS IF West Nile fever, SARS and BSE weren’t bad enough, North America now has another new disease to contend with: monkeypox. More than 37 people may have caught the virus from pet prairie dogs, though only four cases have been confirmed so far. If wild rodents have been infected, the disease could become endemic, in [...]
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Monkeypox is latest disease to reach America
January 16th, 2010 
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Can novel H1N1 swine flu be prevented with a vaccine?
January 15th, 2010 enbeeone3 The best way to prevent novel H1N1 swine flu would be the same best way to prevent other influenza infections, and that is vaccination. The CDC has multiple recommendations for vaccination based on who should obtain the first doses when the vaccine becomes available (to protect the most susceptible populations) and according to age groups. [...]
