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‘Even if caught, they are already gone — they stay one step ahead.’

'The reality of our future is that there are likely going to be other pandemics and emerging infections.'

'After Christmas we’ll have another flare-up. People will mix and muss it all up again.'

Dec. 21, 1918

'I worked in pediatrics for 25 years and it was never like this — we’re in a perfect storm.'

'We are learning that changing Mother Earth has its consequences. The viral world is making its way across species barriers.'

Infection preventionists have been fighting for these measures for years, but it took a 100-year pandemic and the death of some 60,000 nursing home residents to finally break the inertia.

The CDC also raises the possibility that monkeypox could establish an animal reservoir in the United States.

Co-infection with monkeypox and untreated HIV — particularly for those who have low CD4 counts — has produced devastating infections.

NY governor declares emergency prioritizing polio vaccine distribution and expanding those who can administer it to include EMTs, midwives and pharmacists.

A panel of experts urged employee health professionals to prioritize preventing workplace violence — an entrenched problem that has taken on a new immediacy with staff shortages.