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Category: Medicine
Jonas Salk’s 100th Birthday
The History of Polio is forever and inextricably linked with Jonas Salk . Salk’s eagerly anticipated achievement of inoculation against the much feared polio virus was made public on…
Ebola Virus: One of Its Most Deadly Forms
The history of the Ebola virus is believed to date back to the beginning of our planet, though it was…
The Bubonic Plague is Alive and Well
When we think of the plague, we imagine ages gone by, the middle ages in particular, safely contained inside the texts of…
The Black Death
Timeline 430 B.C.- During the second year of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides writes about a disease that is believed to…
SARS Virus
Tracking SARS back to its source January 2006 The previously unknown SARS virus generated widespread panic in 2002 and 2003…
New Virus Related to Ebola and Rabies
By Maggie Fox, NBC News A virus that killed two teenagers in Congo in 2009 is a completely new type,…
Meningitis Questions
Need a cheat sheet to help keep it all straight? The CDC thinks you should remember 10 easy bullet points…
Beware in Denver Salads sold at Safeway recalled due to Salmonella risk
DENVER – The department of Public Health and Environment is recalling grape tomatoes sold in Colorado due to Salmonella risk.…
Ebola Virus Outbreaks Table
Known Cases and Outbreaks of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, in Chronological Order Source: http://www.cdc.gov/ Year(s) Country Ebola subtype Reported no.…
