Study says:

Flu-associated pneumonia tied to skipped flu vaccine

The flu vaccine may help prevent flu-related pneumonia, a study suggests.

When researchers looked at patients with pneumonia, those whose pneumonia was related to the flu were more likely to have skipped the flu vaccine, compared to patients with pneumonia from other causes.

Pneumonia can be a serious and common complication of catching the flu, the authors write.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/10/06/flu-associated-pneumonia-tied-to-skipped-flu-vaccine/

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World Marks First Week of No New Ebola Cases

Last week marked the first week of no new Ebola cases worldwide since the outbreak began in March 2014, the World Health Organization announced on Wednesday.

While the news is encouraging, there are still hundreds of contacts who are undergoing followup check-ins to make sure they stay healthy and the agency says the risk of transmission remains high.

http://time.com/4065010/ebola-free-world-west-africa/

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Ebola countries record first week with no new cases

The three West African countries at the heart of the Ebola epidemic recorded their first week with no new cases since the outbreak began in March 2014.

The outbreak has so far killed more than 11,000 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

New cases have fallen sharply in 2015, but the WHO has warned that the disease could break out again.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34471234

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Ebola scare hits Nigeria again, 10 quarantined in Calabar

University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, has quarantined ten persons following the death of a patient in the hospital on Wednesday with symptoms suspected to be Ebola virus.
Queeneth Kalu, Chairman of Medical Advisory Committee of the hospital who made the revelation on Thursday in Calabar while addressing pressmen said blood samples have been sent to the Ebola Diagnosing Centre in Benin Edo State.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/ebola-hits-nigeria-again-10-quarantined-in-calabar/

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Vaccinate children.

Measles Case Confirmed in Fairfax County

Health officials have confirmed a case of measles in Fairfax County, and the infected child may have exposed others to the measles virus.

The child was treated at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus and is no longer contagious. The Fairfax County Health Department says the child visited several locations in the county.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Measles-Case-Confirmed-in-Fairfax-County-2015.html

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Ebola in the news.

Ebola scare in Nigeria false alarm: WHO

A man who died in southern Nigeria in a suspected case of Ebola did not have the deadly virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

The country was declared free of the virus a year ago.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34482989

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Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey 'in serious condition'

A Scottish nurse who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone last year is in a "serious condition" after being readmitted to an isolation unit in London.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde confirmed that the virus is still present in Pauline Cafferkey's body after being left over from the original infection.

She is not thought to be contagious.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-34483584

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J&J starts vaccine trial in Sierra Leone, even as Ebola fades

Johnson & Johnson has begun a clinical trial of a two-shot Ebola vaccine in Sierra Leone, underlining its determination to push ahead with development, even as the epidemic fades out in West Africa.

The new study will investigate the experimental product's safety and its ability to provoke an immune response to the disease, which the World Health Organization says has killed more than 11,000 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/09/us-ebola-johnson-johnson-idUSKCN0S30EJ20151009

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Measles can be a lesser-known risk for travelers

(Reuters Health) - Measles is still a risk for travelers, regardless of destination, and vaccination remains the best way to prevent it, according to travel health experts.

Data from 57 travel and tropical medicine clinics on six continents shows that between 2000 and 2014, there were 94 reported measles cases in these clinics, with two-thirds occurring after 2010. Measles affected tourists, business travelers, and people visiting friends or family.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/09/us-health-measles-travelers-idUSKCN0S31Y520151009

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Nurse with Ebola visited school day before being readmitted to hospital

A nurse currently in a “serious condition” with a late complication of the Ebola infection visited a school the day before she was readmitted to hospital.

Pauline Cafferkey was flown from Glasgow to an isolation unit at the Royal Free hospital in Hampstead, north-west London, in a military aircraft in the early hours of Friday morning, after being admitted to a Scottish hospital on Tuesday.

The London hospital said she is in a serious condition in the special unit where she was first treated last December.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/10/nurse-ebola-visited-school-hospital-readmitted-pauline-cafferkey

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Fifteen quarantied people released in Nigeria, after Ebola rumors

The blood samples were collected before his death, and taken to Irrua Specialist Hospital in Edo State to conduct the necessary tests.

The hospital’s administration had provisionally closed the Accident and Emergency Ward and decontaminated the unit after the death of a 21-year-old male student of the University, supposedly affected with Ebola.

http://www.pulseheadlines.com/fifteen-quarantied-people-released-nigeria-ebola-rumors/8221/

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My heart goes out to this nurse.

Family of Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey says she was 'let down'

The family of nurse Pauline Cafferkey says doctors "missed a big opportunity" to spot she had fallen ill again.

Ms Cafferkey is in an isolation unit in London after tests indicated the Ebola virus is still present in her body.

The health board confirmed she was sent home by an out-of-hours doctor in Glasgow earlier this week.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-34499608

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Laos reports 1st indigenous polio case since 1993

An 8-year-old child who died in Laos last month was suffering from type 1 vaccine-derived poliovirus, making it the country's first case of indigenous wild poliovirus since 1993. (more)

The World Health Organization said the child experienced the onset of paralysis on September 7 and died four days later, on September 11.

http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id2078

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Ebola nurse's close contacts identified

A total of 58 people who had been in close contact with Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone, have been identified.

Ms Cafferkey remains in a serious condition after being readmitted to the Royal Free Hospital in London last week.

She underwent a month of treatment at the same hospital in January.

Health officials said 40 of the 58 people identified had been offered vaccinations.


http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-34509572

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MERS Patient Re-diagnosed, South Korea Still Plagued By Deadly Virus

A South Korean man was re-diagnosed with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) after being found with a high fever nine days after he was cleared and discharged from the hospital, an official from the Health and Welfare Ministry revealed.

http://www.hngn.com/articles/139715/20151013/mers-patient-rediagnosed-south-korea-still-plagued-deadly-virus.htm

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Ebola beds prevented 40,000 deaths

The global response to the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone helped avert 40,000 deaths but if aid had been offered sooner, thousands more lives there might have been saved, say researchers.

Britain's donations of more than £100m in the summer of 2014 helped to set up nearly 3,000 hospital beds.

This vital provision, researchers estimate, prevented 56,000 Ebola cases.

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-34506568

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Lynn, I have yet to thank you for taking the trouble to keep us up to date on developments. I am in the process of applying to Projects Abroad with whom, as soon as family circumstances allow, I will be continuing my medical studies (as a preparatory step to joining MSF). It will be some months yet, but reading your thread keeps me focused on my goal. Thank you :-)

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We have nothing to fear but fear itself. Apart from pain. And maybe humiliation. And obviously death. And failure. But apart from fear, pain and humiliation, failure and the unknown and death - we have nothing to fear. Who’s with me?

Lynn, I have yet to thank you for taking the trouble to keep us up to date on developments. I am in the process of applying to Projects Abroad with whom, as soon as family circumstances allow, I will be continuing my medical studies (as a preparatory step to joining MSF). It will be some months yet, but reading your thread keeps me focused on my goal. Thank you :-)

Smoke me a kipper, you are so welcome.
Best of luck to you!

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Thoughts and prayers go out to Pauline.

Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey now 'critically ill'

A nurse who contracted Ebola while working in West Africa is now "critically ill" with complications arising from the infection.

Pauline Cafferkey was readmitted to a specialist isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London last week.

The hospital said in a statement that her condition had deteriorated.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-34529575

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Bird Flu??

U.S. stockpiling bird flu vaccine in preparation for another outbreak

The USDA said Wednesday it's stockpiling "several hundred million" doses of bird flu vaccine in an attempt to prepare for a resurgence of bird flu in a year that's already seen the nation's biggest-ever outbreak.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-bird-flu-vaccine-stockpiles-1015-biz-20151014-story.html

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