Oropouche virus transmission to unborn child confirmed
The first confirmed case of vertical transmission of Oropouche virus (OROV) has been reported by 23 researchers from eight distinct institutions in Brazil.
Environment and Public Health: News and Research on Disease Transmission, Infectious
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CDC: Oropouche virus cases identified in U.S. travelers returning from Cuba
A number of U.S. travelers returning from Cuba have been diagnosed with Oropouche virus, according to research published in the Aug. 27 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity ...
Sep 3, 2024
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COVID-19 vaccination mandates boosted uptake among health care workers
At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, governments and health care centers across the country faced a difficult but important question: Should health care workers be required to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine?
Aug 31, 2024
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Toxoplasma is a common parasite that causes birth defects—but the US doesn't screen for it during pregnancy
Imagine the shock of your baby being born with a swollen brain, blindness and debilitating seizures. Now imagine learning that these devastating conditions could have been prevented if you took a simple test for the common ...
Jul 11, 2024
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Improving women's fertility choices: Avoiding environmental catastrophe caused by population growth
Declining fertility rates and aging populations in Western nations have recently set off alarm bells, but continued global population growth will actually raise the pressure billions more people place on a destroyed environment, ...
Mar 6, 2024
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Significantly restricting movement is most effective in stopping disease spread, SARS-CoV-2 data show
Researchers from La Trobe University in Melbourne, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University and Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland in New Zealand, studied the dynamics of infectious disease transmission in an interconnected ...
Jan 23, 2024
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Mobile phone data used for public health underrepresent vulnerable populations, finds new study
Mobile phone data are increasingly used in public health management and disease outbreak response, as demonstrated during the COVID-19 pandemic when location data were used as a proxy for human movement and contacts and informed ...
Jul 6, 2023
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Researchers call for national governments to mandate real-time indoor air quality monitoring
In a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of researchers has published an editorial calling for national governments to consider mandating real-time indoor air quality monitoring in at least all public buildings.
Apr 27, 2023
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