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By Region: North America

Mounting a Good Offense against Measles

NewEnglandJournalofMedicine: Doctors and public health authorities need to renew their attention to measles, researchers from Emory Vaccine Center urge.

November 3, 2014
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Microrockets fueled by water neutralize chemical and biological warfare agents

AmericanChemicalSociety: Scientists are developing microrockets to fight back against dangerous chemical and biological agents, should the need arise. In the journal ACS Nano, they describe new spherical micromotors that rapidly neutralize chemical and biological agents and use water as fuel.

November 3, 2014
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Biotechnology, Countermeasures, and Research
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Doctors Mystified by Paralysis in Dozens of Children

TheNewYorkTimes: More than 50 children in 23 states have had mysterious episodes of paralysis to their arms or legs, according to the CDC.

November 3, 2014
| Filed under North America and Public Health
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U.S. plans 21-day monitoring of people who arrive from Ebola-stricken nations

TheWashingtonPost: Every airline passenger who arrives in the United States from one of the three West African nations hardest hit by Ebola will be monitored by state and local health authorities for 21 days, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.

October 23, 2014
| Filed under North America and Countermeasures
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Why Americans Still Shouldn’t Be Scared Of Catching Ebola

Forbes: The United States’ built-in defenses are stronger than this infection. Your risk of catching Ebola is still far less than your risk of dying from the flu, which killed 53,667 Americans in 2010. In fact, if you’re not a healthcare worker treating an Ebola patient, it’s probably zero.