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Measles making comeback in 1st world
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Measles making comeback in 1st world
Lack of confidence in vaccine puts England on edge of outbreak
By DAVID BROWN Washington Post
Monday, September 29, 2003
A case of measles was once a rite of passage for every child, and
a route to the grave for about one in every 300.
Worldwide, there are still 30 million to 40 million cases a year,
and 745,000 deaths, mostly in Africa.
In the affluent world, measles has been as good as gone for a
generation. But i...
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Measles Cases Rebounding in Affluent Society
The Washington Post
; A case of measles was once a rite of passage for every child, and a route to the grave for about one in every 300. Worldwide, there are still 30 million to 40 million cases a year, and 745,000 deaths, mostly in Africa. In the affluent world, however, measles has been as good as gone for a
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A dozen pediatric flu shots may prevent one visit.(Infectious Diseases)
Family Practice News
; TORONTO -- As few as 12 pediatric influenza immunizations and probably even fewer in each practice could prevent an outpatient visit for influenza later in the season, according to a poster presented at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies. Most physicians already know the
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Key benefit number is 12 with flu immunizations.(Infectious Diseases)(Report)(Brief article)
Pediatric News
; TORONTO -- As few as 12 pediatric influenza immunizations and probably even fewer in each practice could prevent an outpatient visit for influenza later in the season, according to a poster presented at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies. Most physicians already know the
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Flu season brings new virus
Chicago Sun-Times
; The flu virus detected around the country this winter is substantially different from what has circulated in recent years, and few people will be immune to it unless they get a flu shot, health officials warn. The flu season is just getting started, and most of the cases subtyped so far are A-New
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Outbreak; Spread of mumps could be stopped with immunizations
New Haven Register
; Mumps, the childhood virus of "chipmunk cheeks" and days home from school, has surged in the United Kingdom and the midwestern United States and the disease could easily spread east, infectious disease specialists caution. Traveling through insufficiently vaccinated adults and populations without
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